Melbourne panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 10:42 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 20:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:59
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:51
- 07:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:31 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:09 to 06:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:37 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 21:21
- Karana Vanija until 07:22, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:37 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:22 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:56 – 00:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:33 – 16:33
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. 05:30 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 00:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 18:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:36 – 06:57 next day | Good |
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
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 08:48 Aquarius
- 08:48 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:00 Leo
- 21:00 – 22:14 Virgo
- 22:14 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 06:57 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