Melbourne panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 08:42 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:44
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 09:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:44 to 07:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:23 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 09:51
- Karana Vanija until 09:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 09:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 21:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:23 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:44
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 21:23 – 07:04 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. 05:18 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 07:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:05 – 07:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:55 – 21:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:55 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:25 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:24 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:38 Gemini
- 05:38 – 07:11 Cancer
- 07:11 – 08:28 Leo
- 08:28 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:44 Capricorn
- 17:44 – 20:12 Aquarius
- 20:12 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 01:08 next day Aries
- 01:08 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 05:34 next day Gemini
- 05:34 – 07:04 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