Melbourne panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 14:31 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:44
- 07:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:41 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:42
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:18 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 06:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:06, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:20 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:28 – 01:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:38 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:33 – 02:42 next day
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. 05:02 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 01:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:09 Leo
- 05:09 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 07:48 Libra
- 07:48 – 09:39 Scorpio
- 09:39 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 14:25 Capricorn
- 14:25 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 19:20 Pisces
- 19:20 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 00:13 next day Taurus
- 00:13 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 03:48 next day Cancer
- 03:48 – 05:05 next day Leo
- 05:05 – 06:19 next day Virgo
- 06:19 – 06:27 next day Libra
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