Melbourne panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 23:26 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 15:15
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
20:44 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:03 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:15
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. 04:52 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 16:41 Aries
- 16:41 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:07 Gemini
- 21:07 – 22:40 Cancer
- 22:40 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:08 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