Melbourne panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 14:02 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta 14:00 – 14:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:47
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
20:36 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:48 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 14:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:00 – 14:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:09 – 21:08
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. 05:09 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 14:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 21:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:50 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:04 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:33 Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 10:30 Aquarius
- 10:30 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:12 next day Scorpio
- 03:12 – 05:30 next day Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 06:28 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