Melbourne panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 11:26 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 19:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam 16:22 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam 18:00 – 19:38
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:38 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:58
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:26 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:00 – 19:38
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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:19 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:27 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 08:00 Libra
- 08:00 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:26 next day Gemini
- 02:26 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 05:17 next day Leo
- 05:17 – 06:31 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