Melbourne panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 20:23 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:34
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:26 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:23 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 05:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:34
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. 05:17 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:26 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 17:49 Libra
- 17:49 – 19:39 Scorpio
- 19:39 – 21:56 Sagittarius
- 21:56 – 00:25 next day Capricorn
- 00:25 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 07:07 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