Melbourne panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 11:20 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 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 09:35 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:18 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:22
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:30 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:44 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:45
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:01
- Karana Vishti until 08:45, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:22
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:01 – 19:25
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 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:28 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Char | 09:35 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:18 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:57 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:18 Gemini
- 13:18 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 20:38 Scorpio
- 20:38 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 06:19 next day Pisces
- 06:19 – 06:53 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