Melbourne panchang, 20 August 2026

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 10:35 Shravana month

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

07:00 to 17:47
  1. Shubh
  2. Rog
  3. Udveg
  4. Char
  5. Labh
  6. Amrit
  7. Kaal
  8. Shubh
  • Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:21
  • Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 11:02
  • Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:19
  • Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:45
  • Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:05
  • Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:38
  • 07:00 Moon enters Scorpio
  • 08:14 Yoga becomes Indra
  • 12:46 Karana becomes Bava
  • 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha

Night

17:47 to 06:58 next day
  1. Amrit
  2. Char
  3. Rog
  4. Kaal
  5. Labh
  6. Udveg
  7. Shubh
  8. Amrit
  • Pradosha 17:47 – 20:25
  • Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
  • 01:48 next day Karana becomes Balava

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:48 next day
  • Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:38 · lord Jupiter
  • Yoga Brahma until 08:14
  • Karana Vishti until 12:46, then Bava
  • Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
  • Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
  • 07:00 Moon enters Scorpio
  • 08:14 Yoga becomes Indra
  • 12:46 Karana becomes Bava
  • 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
  • 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
  • 01:48 next day Karana becomes Balava

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Shubh 07:00 –⁠ 08:21 Good
Rog 08:21 –⁠ 09:42 Bad
Udveg 09:42 –⁠ 11:02 Bad
Char 11:02 –⁠ 12:23 Neutral
Labh 12:23 –⁠ 13:44 Good
Amrit 13:44 –⁠ 15:05 Good
Kaal 15:05 –⁠ 16:26 Bad
Shubh 16:26 –⁠ 17:47 Good
Night
Amrit 17:47 –⁠ 19:26 Good
Char 19:26 –⁠ 21:05 Neutral
Rog 21:05 –⁠ 22:44 Bad
Kaal 22:44 –⁠ 00:23 next day Bad
Labh 00:23 –⁠ 02:02 next day Good
Udveg 02:02 –⁠ 03:41 next day Bad
Shubh 03:41 –⁠ 05:20 next day Good
Amrit 05:20 –⁠ 06:58 next day Good

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 07:00 NowJupiter
  2. 07:54 NowMars
  3. 08:48 NowSun
  4. 09:42 NowVenus
  5. 10:36 NowMercury
  6. 11:29 NowMoon
  7. 12:23 NowSaturn
  8. 13:17 NowJupiter
  9. 14:11 NowMars
  10. 15:05 NowSun
  11. 15:59 NowVenus
  12. 16:53 NowMercury
  1. 17:47 NowMoon
  2. 18:53 NowSaturn
  3. 19:59 NowJupiter
  4. 21:05 NowMars
  5. 22:11 NowSun
  6. 23:17 NowVenus
  7. Next day
  8. 00:23 NowMercury
  9. 01:29 NowMoon
  10. 02:35 NowSaturn
  11. 03:41 NowJupiter
  12. 04:47 NowMars
  13. 05:53 NowSun
  1. 07:00 NowJupiter
  2. 08:00 NowMars
  3. 09:00 NowSun
  4. 10:00 NowVenus
  5. 11:00 NowMercury
  6. 12:00 NowMoon
  7. 13:00 NowSaturn
  8. 14:00 NowJupiter
  9. 15:00 NowMars
  10. 16:00 NowSun
  11. 17:00 NowVenus
  1. 18:00 NowMercury
  2. 19:00 NowMoon
  3. 20:00 NowSaturn
  4. 21:00 NowJupiter
  5. 22:00 NowMars
  6. 23:00 NowSun
  7. Next day
  8. 00:00 NowVenus
  9. 01:00 NowMercury
  10. 02:00 NowMoon
  11. 03:00 NowSaturn
  12. 04:00 NowJupiter
  13. 05:00 NowMars
  14. 06:00 NowSun

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 05:14 –⁠ 05:22 Gemini
  2. 05:22 –⁠ 06:56 Cancer
  3. 06:56 –⁠ 08:12 Leo
  4. 08:12 –⁠ 09:27 Virgo
  5. 09:27 –⁠ 10:52 Libra
  6. 10:52 –⁠ 12:43 Scorpio
  7. 12:43 –⁠ 15:00 Sagittarius
  8. 15:00 –⁠ 17:28 Capricorn
  9. 17:28 –⁠ 19:56 Aquarius
  10. 19:56 –⁠ 22:23 Pisces
  11. 22:23 –⁠ 00:53 next day Aries
  12. 00:53 –⁠ 03:16 next day Taurus
  13. 03:16 –⁠ 05:18 next day Gemini
  14. 05:18 –⁠ 06:52 next day Cancer
  15. 06:52 –⁠ 06:58 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