Melbourne panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 11:07 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:30
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:14 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 18:40
- Karana Vishti until 15:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:40 – 21:04
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. 05:26 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:14 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 10:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 12:57 Cancer
- 12:57 – 14:14 Leo
- 14:14 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 16:54 Libra
- 16:54 – 18:44 Scorpio
- 18:44 – 21:01 Sagittarius
- 21:01 – 23:30 Capricorn
- 23:30 – 01:58 next day Aquarius
- 01:58 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 06:54 next day Aries
- 06:54 – 07:19 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