Melbourne panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 07:18 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 20:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 14:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 14:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:13
- 10:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:13 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:28
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:46 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 04:15 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:13
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. 05:28 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:13 – 22:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:28 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:33 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 09:00 Aquarius
- 09:00 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 21:12 Leo
- 21:12 – 22:26 Virgo
- 22:26 – 23:52 Libra
- 23:52 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:54 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