Melbourne panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 15:44 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 17:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:16
- 08:05 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:35 to 07:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:06 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:34 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:01, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:05 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:05 – 05:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:16
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. 05:12 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:22 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:18 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:58 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:19 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 18:20 Libra
- 18:20 – 20:11 Scorpio
- 20:11 – 22:28 Sagittarius
- 22:28 – 00:57 next day Capricorn
- 00:57 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:00 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