Melbourne panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 06:15 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:27
- 11:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:32 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:49 to 06:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 11:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:20, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:32 Moon enters Aries
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:07 – 11:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:51 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:27
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. 05:05 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:25
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:49 – 16:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 16:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:32 – 06:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:51 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:49 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 20:54 Scorpio
- 20:54 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 06:35 next day Pisces
- 06:35 – 06:50 next day Aries
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