Melbourne panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 23:27 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:50
Night
17:23 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 07:05 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:33
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:54 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 07:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 07:05 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:55 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:50 – 03:00 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. 05:19 – 06:14
- 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 17:23 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:09 – 03:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:25 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 13:41 Cancer
- 13:41 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 17:37 Libra
- 17:37 – 19:27 Scorpio
- 19:27 – 21:45 Sagittarius
- 21:45 – 00:13 next day Capricorn
- 00:13 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 07:10 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