Melbourne panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 14:44 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:43
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:16 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 03:21 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:57
- Karana Bava until 14:52, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:39 – 06:08 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. 04:34 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 03:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:42 Cancer
- 04:42 – 05:59 Leo
- 05:59 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:29 Scorpio
- 10:29 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 17:43 Aquarius
- 17:43 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 04:38 next day Cancer
- 04:38 – 05:55 next day Leo
- 05:55 – 06:08 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