Melbourne panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:43 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:13
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:43 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:43 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:49
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:13 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:28
- Karana Kaulava until 09:49, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:28 – 16:01 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:13
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. 05:43 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:09 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 05:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 10:00 Pisces
- 10:00 – 12:30 Aries
- 12:30 – 14:53 Taurus
- 14:53 – 16:55 Gemini
- 16:55 – 18:29 Cancer
- 18:29 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:33 next day Sagittarius
- 02:33 – 05:01 next day Capricorn
- 05:01 – 07:17 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