Melbourne panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 12:09 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 19:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:26
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:02
- 09:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
19:26 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:08 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:19 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:52
- Karana Bava until 13:27, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:02
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. 05:50 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:19 – 07:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:19 – 07:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:26 | Good |
| Char | 19:26 – 20:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 05:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:57 – 07:27 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
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 17:45 Cancer
- 17:45 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 23:32 Scorpio
- 23:32 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 06:46 next day Aquarius
- 06:46 – 07:27 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