Melbourne panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 09:53 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:42
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:11 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:14 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 18:04
- Karana Vanija until 17:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:42
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:17 – 03:14 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. 04:40 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 10:49 Scorpio
- 10:49 – 13:06 Sagittarius
- 13:06 – 15:34 Capricorn
- 15:34 – 18:02 Aquarius
- 18:02 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:59 Aries
- 22:59 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:24 next day Gemini
- 03:24 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 06:15 next day Leo
- 06:15 – 06:16 next day Virgo
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