Melbourne panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 16:07 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:36
- 11:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:34 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:46 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:21 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:21 – 02:33 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. 05:12 – 06:06
- 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 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 04:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:46 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:07 Scorpio
- 20:07 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 05:48 next day Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:01 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