Melbourne panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 20:01 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 20:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:51
- Yamaganda 17:04 – 18:54
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
20:44 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:23 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:34 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:37
- Karana Gara until 14:08, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:54
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 01:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 04:51 Scorpio
- 04:51 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 17:01 Aries
- 17:01 – 19:25 Taurus
- 19:25 – 21:26 Gemini
- 21:26 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:04 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