Melbourne panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 01:41 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:41
- 08:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 05:39 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 21:46
- Karana Bava until 17:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:41 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:39 – 06:46 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. 05:03 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 16:40 Leo
- 16:40 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 06:46 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