Melbourne panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 16:56 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 17:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:13
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 07:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:43 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:30, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:43 – 02:14 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. 05:14 – 06:08
- 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 17:32 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:23 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:01 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:32 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:02 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
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 19:59 Scorpio
- 19:59 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:45 next day Capricorn
- 00:45 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:02 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