Melbourne panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 18:41 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:28 to 07:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 14:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 03:49 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:32, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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. 05:16 – 06:10
- 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 17:28 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:04 – 14:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:28 | Good |
| Char | 17:28 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 16:31 Virgo
- 16:31 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 19:47 Scorpio
- 19:47 – 22:04 Sagittarius
- 22:04 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:05 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