Melbourne panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 18:49 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 20:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:43 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:47
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:44 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:18
- Nakshatra Krittika until 07:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 22:42
- Karana Balava until 07:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:47
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 04:18 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:18 – 06:03 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. 04:48 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:18 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:43 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:54 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:03 next day | Good |
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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 04:55 Scorpio
- 04:55 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 14:36 Pisces
- 14:36 – 17:05 Aries
- 17:05 – 19:29 Taurus
- 19:29 – 21:30 Gemini
- 21:30 – 23:04 Cancer
- 23:04 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:03 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