Melbourne panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 18:01 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:29
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:29 to 07:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:32 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 11:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 02:58 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:24, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:29
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:58 – 15:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:03 – 11:40
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:40 – 07:04 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. 05:15 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:03 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:22 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 10:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:58 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 15:21 Leo
- 15:21 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 19:51 Scorpio
- 19:51 – 22:08 Sagittarius
- 22:08 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:04 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