Melbourne panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 15:55 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:44
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:52 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:18 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:29
- Karana Taitila until 12:29, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:18 – 06:50 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. 05:08 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:50 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
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:32 Cancer
- 06:32 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:19 Scorpio
- 12:19 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 00:29 next day Aries
- 00:29 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 04:54 next day Gemini
- 04:54 – 06:28 next day Cancer
- 06:28 – 06:50 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