Melbourne panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 16:31 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 20:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 14:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 14:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 15:18
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
20:35 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 08:43
- Karana Taitila until 11:23, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:18
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. 05:10 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:35 – 22:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 14:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 14:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 06:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:57 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:49 – 23:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:04 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:26 Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:22 next day Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 06:31 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