Melbourne panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 06:07 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 19:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:59
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:34 to 07:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 13:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:52
- Karana Shakuni until 13:55, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:34 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 09:37 Pisces
- 09:37 – 12:06 Aries
- 12:06 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:31 Gemini
- 16:31 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 19:22 Leo
- 19:22 – 20:36 Virgo
- 20:36 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 23:52 Scorpio
- 23:52 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 07:06 next day Aquarius
- 07:06 – 07:22 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