Melbourne panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 21:35 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:46
- 10:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:02 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:32
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 21:40
- Karana Gara until 10:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:40 – 10:04 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:24 – 06:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:32 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:42 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 AEST (UTC+10) · Method