Melbourne panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 01:57 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 20:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:17
- 10:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:42 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:23
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:33 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 01:25 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:17
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. 04:58 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:42 – 22:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:14 – 06:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 06:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:23 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:06 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:15 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