Melbourne panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 12:24 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:39
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:43 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:43 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:38
- Karana Kaulava until 16:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:39
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. 05:08 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:43 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 02:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:20 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 08:48 Aries
- 08:48 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 14:47 Cancer
- 14:47 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 06:15 next day Pisces
- 06:15 – 06:54 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