Melbourne panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 09:33 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 17:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:24 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:25
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:45 to 07:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:21 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:21
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 07:59
- Karana Kaulava until 09:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:21 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:25
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. 05:16 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:28 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:03 – 12:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:24 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:03 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:22 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:30 Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 12:50 Scorpio
- 12:50 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 17:36 Capricorn
- 17:36 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 22:31 Pisces
- 22:31 – 01:01 next day Aries
- 01:01 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:26 next day Gemini
- 05:26 – 07:00 next day Cancer
- 07:00 – 07:01 next day Leo
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