Melbourne panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 17:57 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:15
- 10:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:18 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:49 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:02 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 17:47
- Karana Vishti until 15:17, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:37 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:03 – 15:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:05 – 07:56
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:03 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:17 Scorpio
- 10:17 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 17:31 Aquarius
- 17:31 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 06:03 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