Melbourne panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 08:33 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:44
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:10 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:52
- Karana Balava until 13:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:50 – 16:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:52 – 18:04
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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:52 – 06:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:52 – 06:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:52 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:10 Cancer
- 05:10 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:06 Libra
- 09:06 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:13 Sagittarius
- 13:13 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 06:19 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