Melbourne panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 22:29 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 20:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:48
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
20:44 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:17
- Karana Gara until 15:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Priti
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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:17 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:24 – 13:32 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. 04:51 – 05:28
- 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 06:06 – 18:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 21:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:05 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:49 Aries
- 16:49 – 19:13 Taurus
- 19:13 – 21:14 Gemini
- 21:14 – 22:48 Cancer
- 22:48 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 04:35 next day Scorpio
- 04:35 – 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