Melbourne panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 03:19 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 20:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:58
- Durmuhurta 13:58 – 14:56
- Yamaganda 17:05 – 18:54
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:42 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:52 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:52, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:58 – 14:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:36 – 06:12 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:16 – 11:17
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. 05:00 – 05:38
- 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:06 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:30 Taurus
- 18:30 – 20:31 Gemini
- 20:31 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 06:17 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