Melbourne panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 10:07 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:34
- 09:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:45 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:58
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:41
- Karana Gara until 11:58, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:34
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. 05:07 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:05 – 06:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:05 – 06:38 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 20:42 Scorpio
- 20:42 – 22:59 Sagittarius
- 22:59 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 06:23 next day Pisces
- 06:23 – 06:52 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