Melbourne panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 11:53 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:14
- 08:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:13 to 07:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 15:28
- Karana Balava until 12:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 02:13 – 04:10 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. 05:26 – 06:23
- 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 17:13 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 08:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 08:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 12:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 08:42 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:42 – 07:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:42 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 09:18 Taurus
- 09:18 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 15:24 Virgo
- 15:24 – 16:50 Libra
- 16:50 – 18:40 Scorpio
- 18:40 – 20:57 Sagittarius
- 20:57 – 23:26 Capricorn
- 23:26 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 06:50 next day Aries
- 06:50 – 07:20 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