Melbourne panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 13:15 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:32
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:15 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:41 to 06:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:27 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:37
- Karana Gara until 14:15, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:19 – 12:31 next day
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. 05:09 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 01:27 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 01:27 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 01:27 – 06:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:27 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 14:44 Cancer
- 14:44 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 18:40 Libra
- 18:40 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:55 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