Melbourne panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 06:20 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:46
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:17 to 07:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:55
- Karana Shakuni until 09:41, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:46
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. 05:23 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 09:41
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:17 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 15:44 Virgo
- 15:44 – 17:10 Libra
- 17:10 – 19:00 Scorpio
- 19:00 – 21:17 Sagittarius
- 21:17 – 23:46 Capricorn
- 23:46 – 02:14 next day Aquarius
- 02:14 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 07:10 next day Aries
- 07:10 – 07:16 next day Taurus
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