Melbourne panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 22:23 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:07
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:50 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 07:00 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:07
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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 01:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:08 – 16:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:50 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:11 Gemini
- 12:11 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 17:41 Libra
- 17:41 – 19:31 Scorpio
- 19:31 – 21:49 Sagittarius
- 21:49 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 02:45 next day Aquarius
- 02:45 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 07:09 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