Melbourne panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 05:10 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 20:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:58
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:18
- Gulika Kalam 17:05 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta 18:46 – 19:43
- Rahu Kalam 18:53 – 20:41
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:16 Karana becomes Naga
Night
20:41 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:51 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 02:41 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:16, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:46 – 19:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:53 – 20:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:41 – 03:53 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. 05:02 – 05:40
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:44 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 17:05 | Good |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 21:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:20 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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:05 Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:23 Gemini
- 20:23 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 03:44 next day Scorpio
- 03:44 – 06:01 next day Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 06:20 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