Melbourne panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 13:50 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:39
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:50 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:49
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 11:34
- Karana Vishti until 08:49, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 00:58 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:58 – 06:53 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. 05:10 – 06:02
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:40 Cancer
- 06:40 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 09:11 Virgo
- 09:11 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 12:27 Scorpio
- 12:27 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 17:13 Capricorn
- 17:13 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 06:36 next day Cancer
- 06:36 – 06:53 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