Melbourne panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 09:06 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:36
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Moon enters Libra
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:30
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:38
- Karana Bava until 09:21, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:49 Moon enters Libra
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:20 – 07:02 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:31 – 21:38
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. 05:17 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:20 – 12:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:34 Gemini
- 05:34 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 09:38 Virgo
- 09:38 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 17:40 Capricorn
- 17:40 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 01:04 next day Aries
- 01:04 – 03:28 next day Taurus
- 03:28 – 05:30 next day Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:02 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