Melbourne panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 22:42 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:43
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:22 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:25
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 07:50
- Karana Bava until 08:34, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:50 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:43
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 12:06
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:06 – 05:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:06 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:57 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:31 Leo
- 05:31 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:47 Capricorn
- 14:47 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 05:27 next day Leo
- 05:27 – 05:57 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