Melbourne panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 20:43 Moonrise 00:58 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 20:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:57
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:49
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:43 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:43 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:42
- Karana Gara until 18:13, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:49
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:42 – 01:42 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. 04:56 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:43 – 22:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:50 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 21:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:06 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:29 Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:45 Taurus
- 18:45 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:08 next day Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:13 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