Melbourne panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 04:52 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 19:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:43
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:28 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 04:47 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:10 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:30
- Karana Kaulava until 17:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:43
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. 05:17 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 04:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:28 – 20:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:46 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 04:43 next day Cancer
- 04:43 – 06:00 next day Leo
- 06:00 – 06:46 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 AEDT (UTC+11) · Method