Melbourne panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 12:52 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:50
- 10:44 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:50 to 06:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:44
- Karana Vanija until 19:41, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:44 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:50
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. 05:11 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 22:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 22:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 22:14
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:17 – 09:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:39 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:50 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:54 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
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 10:40 Libra
- 10:40 – 12:31 Scorpio
- 12:31 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 22:12 Pisces
- 22:12 – 00:41 next day Aries
- 00:41 – 03:05 next day Taurus
- 03:05 – 05:06 next day Gemini
- 05:06 – 06:40 next day Cancer
- 06:40 – 06:54 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