Melbourne panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 12:30 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 17:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 15:59
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:13 to 07:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:38 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:38 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:55, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:38 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 15:59
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 06:38 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 07:20 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. 05:27 – 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 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:20 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:20 – 08:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:34 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 15:20 Virgo
- 15:20 – 16:46 Libra
- 16:46 – 18:36 Scorpio
- 18:36 – 20:53 Sagittarius
- 20:53 – 23:22 Capricorn
- 23:22 – 01:50 next day Aquarius
- 01:50 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 06:46 next day Aries
- 06:46 – 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