Melbourne panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 20:39 Moonrise 08:25 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 20:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 15:18
- 07:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:39 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:39 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:28 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:13, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:22 – 19:28
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. 05:04 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:39 – 22:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 08:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:28 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:39 – 21:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:52 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:53 Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 01:42 next day Libra
- 01:42 – 03:32 next day Scorpio
- 03:32 – 05:49 next day Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 06:23 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