Melbourne panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 10:36 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 20:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta 14:00 – 14:57
- Yamaganda 17:05 – 18:51
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
20:38 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:58
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 21:29
- Karana Vishti until 07:58, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:11 – 07:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:07 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:00 – 14:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:51
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. 05:06 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 14:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:03 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 21:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:45 Sagittarius
- 05:45 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:24 next day Scorpio
- 03:24 – 05:41 next day Sagittarius
- 05:41 – 06:25 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