Melbourne panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 13:19 Kartika month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 20:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:52
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
20:11 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:35
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:35
- Karana Bava until 11:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:35 – 17:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:59 – 10:04
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. 04:40 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:11 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:04 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:25 – 20:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:58 Libra
- 05:58 – 07:49 Scorpio
- 07:49 – 10:06 Sagittarius
- 10:06 – 12:35 Capricorn
- 12:35 – 15:02 Aquarius
- 15:02 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:59 Aries
- 19:59 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:24 next day Gemini
- 00:24 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 03:15 next day Leo
- 03:15 – 04:29 next day Virgo
- 04:29 – 05:54 next day Libra
- 05:54 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
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