Melbourne panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:23 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:50
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:23 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 14:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:47
- Karana Vanija until 14:45, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:48 – 22:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:50
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. 04:23 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 14:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:57 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:23 Leo
- 05:23 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 09:53 Scorpio
- 09:53 – 12:11 Sagittarius
- 12:11 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 17:07 Aquarius
- 17:07 – 19:34 Pisces
- 19:34 – 22:04 Aries
- 22:04 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 05:54 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