Melbourne panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 00:36 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 17:56
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:56 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:44 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:45
- Karana Vanija until 17:33, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 17:56
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. 05:02 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:31 Sagittarius
- 23:31 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 06:45 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