Melbourne panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 09:28 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 20:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 15:10
- 06:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:41 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:16 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:41
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 21:32
- Karana Vanija until 06:15, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:16 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:32 – 22:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:37 – 05:57 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:43 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:41 – 22:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 12:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 21:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:00 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 05:57 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:26 Scorpio
- 05:26 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 15:07 Pisces
- 15:07 – 17:36 Aries
- 17:36 – 20:00 Taurus
- 20:00 – 22:02 Gemini
- 22:02 – 23:35 Cancer
- 23:35 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 05:57 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in AEDT (UTC+11) · Method