Melbourne panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:42 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:11
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:06 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 19:39
- Karana Bava until 12:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 17:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:23 – 17:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:25 – 06:25 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. 04:48 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:25 Cancer
- 05:25 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 07:56 Virgo
- 07:56 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:12 Scorpio
- 11:12 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 18:26 Aquarius
- 18:26 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 03:48 next day Gemini
- 03:48 – 05:21 next day Cancer
- 05:21 – 06:25 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