Melbourne panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 02:34 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 20:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:49
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:42 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:49
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. 04:59 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 08:33
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:54 – 23:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:06 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
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