Melbourne panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 04:11 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 20:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:58
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 17:05
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
20:41 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:48 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:46, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 17:05
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. 05:01 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:41 – 22:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:06 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:09 Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:26 Taurus
- 18:26 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 01:58 next day Libra
- 01:58 – 03:48 next day Scorpio
- 03:48 – 06:05 next day Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 06:18 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