Melbourne panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 13:56 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:19
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:31 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:40 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:02
- Karana Vishti until 12:31, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:19 – 12:31
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:02 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:54 – 08:18 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:55 – 00:44 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:44 – 06:56 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 – 06:02
- 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 17:40 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:44 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:55 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:06 Gemini
- 13:06 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 18:36 Libra
- 18:36 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:44 Sagittarius
- 22:44 – 01:12 next day Capricorn
- 01:12 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:56 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