Melbourne panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 13:00 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 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:44
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:12 to 07:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:34
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:39 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:43
- Karana Vanija until 09:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:34 – 21:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:43 – 14:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:44
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 09:10 Taurus
- 09:10 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 12:46 Cancer
- 12:46 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 15:17 Virgo
- 15:17 – 16:42 Libra
- 16:42 – 18:32 Scorpio
- 18:32 – 20:50 Sagittarius
- 20:50 – 23:18 Capricorn
- 23:18 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 06:43 next day Aries
- 06:43 – 07:21 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