Melbourne panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 21:50 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam 17:04 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta 18:47 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam 18:54 – 20:44
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:44 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 18:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 10:45
- Karana Balava until 07:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:45 – 07:17 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:47 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:54 – 20:44
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. 04:50 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:41 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:53 Aries
- 16:53 – 19:17 Taurus
- 19:17 – 21:18 Gemini
- 21:18 – 22:52 Cancer
- 22:52 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:06 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