Melbourne panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 07:19 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 20:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 15:18
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:53
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:40 to 06:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:44, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:31 – 00:28 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:37 – 06:22 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. 05:03 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:21 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:08 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:53 | Good |
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 21:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:57 Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:50 Aries
- 15:50 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 01:46 next day Libra
- 01:46 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:53 next day Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 06:22 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