Melbourne panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 23:00 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 15:15
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:54
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:47 Moon enters Leo
Night
20:44 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 01:51 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:47 Moon enters Leo
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:24 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 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. 04:51 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 17:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 13:32
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:54 | Good |
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:54 – 23:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:05 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:52 Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 19:09 Taurus
- 19:09 – 21:10 Gemini
- 21:10 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:07 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