Melbourne panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 09:38 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:28
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:57 Moon enters Aries
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:45 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:29 to 07:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 00:31 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:57 Moon enters Aries
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:31 – 21:11 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:24 – 07:57
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. 05:49 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 07:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:49 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:54 Aries
- 11:54 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:54 next day Aquarius
- 06:54 – 07:25 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