Melbourne panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 08:25 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 19:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:29 – 18:00
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:31 to 07:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 03:45 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:00
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. 05:48 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 10:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:35 – 07:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:35 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:23 – 08:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:58 Aries
- 11:58 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 17:57 Cancer
- 17:57 – 19:14 Leo
- 19:14 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 23:44 Scorpio
- 23:44 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:58 next day Aquarius
- 06:58 – 07:24 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