Melbourne panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 05:05 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 20:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta 14:00 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:35
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
20:16 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:04 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:04
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:18 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:16
- Karana Vishti until 10:54, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:04 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
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) 08:47 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:00 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:35
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. 05:26 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 14:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:16 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 02:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 02:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:16 | Good |
| Char | 20:16 – 21:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:35 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 21:20 Leo
- 21:20 – 22:34 Virgo
- 22:34 – 00:00 next day Libra
- 00:00 – 01:50 next day Scorpio
- 01:50 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
- 06:36 – 06:52 next day Aquarius
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