Melbourne panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 07:40 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:16
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:16 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:11 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:45
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:06, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:29 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:45 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:16
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. 05:24 – 06:20
- 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 17:16 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:46 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 14:26 Leo
- 14:26 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:06 Libra
- 17:06 – 18:56 Scorpio
- 18:56 – 21:13 Sagittarius
- 21:13 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 07:06 next day Aries
- 07:06 – 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