Melbourne panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 03:53 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 19:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:24
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:09
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:37 to 07:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 15:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 15:06
- Karana Taitila until 15:11, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:09
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. 05:46 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 11:26
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 11:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:37 | Good |
| Char | 19:37 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:24 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 09:45 Pisces
- 09:45 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:38 Taurus
- 14:38 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 18:13 Cancer
- 18:13 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 07:14 next day Aquarius
- 07:14 – 07:20 next day Pisces
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