Melbourne panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 23:49 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 20:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:49
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
20:44 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:55
- Karana Taitila until 12:04, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:54 – 06:09 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. 04:53 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 12:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:54 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:54 – 23:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:05 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:44 Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 19:01 Taurus
- 19:01 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:09 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