Melbourne panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 08:58 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 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:16
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:15 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:16
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 17:15 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 16:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:02 – 07:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:02 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 15:36 Virgo
- 15:36 – 17:02 Libra
- 17:02 – 18:52 Scorpio
- 18:52 – 21:09 Sagittarius
- 21:09 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 02:06 next day Aquarius
- 02:06 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 07:02 next day Aries
- 07:02 – 07:17 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