Melbourne panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 22:26 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 19:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:21
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:16
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:47 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:47 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:57 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:05
- Karana Gara until 15:47, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:16
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. 05:42 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:41 – 07:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:41 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:47 | Good |
| Char | 19:47 – 21:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:48 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 10:12 Pisces
- 10:12 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 18:40 Cancer
- 18:40 – 19:57 Leo
- 19:57 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 07:14 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