Melbourne panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 12:38 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:50
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:45 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:14 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:35
- Karana Taitila until 11:29, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:35 – 22:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 09:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:04 – 05:01 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:01 – 06:11 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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:50 Cancer
- 04:50 – 06:07 Leo
- 06:07 – 07:21 Virgo
- 07:21 – 08:46 Libra
- 08:46 – 10:37 Scorpio
- 10:37 – 12:54 Sagittarius
- 12:54 – 15:23 Capricorn
- 15:23 – 17:51 Aquarius
- 17:51 – 20:18 Pisces
- 20:18 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 04:46 next day Cancer
- 04:46 – 06:03 next day Leo
- 06:03 – 06:11 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