Melbourne panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 09:35 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 19:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:24
- Yamaganda 16:21 – 17:59
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
19:36 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:35 – 05:59 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 12:17
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. 05:07 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:55 – 06:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:17 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:28 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:36 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:33 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:28 Leo
- 05:28 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 09:58 Scorpio
- 09:58 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:44 Capricorn
- 14:44 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 19:39 Pisces
- 19:39 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:34 next day Gemini
- 02:34 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 06:33 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