Melbourne panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 23:40 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:44
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:43 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:58 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:42 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:43, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:42 – 05:18 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 07:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:12 – 06:13 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. 05:00 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 06:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 10:01 Libra
- 10:01 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 00:02 next day Aries
- 00:02 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:27 next day Gemini
- 04:27 – 06:01 next day Cancer
- 06:01 – 06:40 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