Melbourne panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 07:30 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:03
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:48 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:03
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. 05:06 – 05:58
- 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 17:48 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:12 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 06:31 next day Pisces
- 06:31 – 06:51 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