Melbourne panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 21:02 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 20:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:44 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 17:04
- 10:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
20:44 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:02
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 14:35
- Karana Vishti until 10:41, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 17:04
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. 04:49 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:44 | Good |
| Rog | 09:44 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 14:28 Pisces
- 14:28 – 16:57 Aries
- 16:57 – 19:21 Taurus
- 19:21 – 21:22 Gemini
- 21:22 – 22:56 Cancer
- 22:56 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 06:05 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