Melbourne panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 06:49 Ashadha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:44
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:40 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:56
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:57, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:21 – 19:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:44
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. 05:22 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:53 Gemini
- 05:53 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 20:28 Aquarius
- 20:28 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 01:24 next day Aries
- 01:24 – 03:48 next day Taurus
- 03:48 – 05:49 next day Gemini
- 05:49 – 07:09 next day Cancer
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