Melbourne panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 05:00 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:36
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 15:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:03
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:35 to 07:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 13:45
- Karana Vanija until 14:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:53 – 02:29 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 11:52
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:52 – 07:21 next day
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. 05:47 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:20 – 14:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:03 | Good |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 09:41 Pisces
- 09:41 – 12:10 Aries
- 12:10 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:09 Cancer
- 18:09 – 19:26 Leo
- 19:26 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 07:10 next day Aquarius
- 07:10 – 07:21 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