Melbourne panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 05:25 Kartika month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 20:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 15:02
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
20:32 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:09
- Karana Naga until 11:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:09 – 16:09
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. 04:37 – 05:15
- 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 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 21:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:42 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 05:52 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 13:40 Aquarius
- 13:40 – 16:07 Pisces
- 16:07 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:02 Gemini
- 23:02 – 00:35 next day Cancer
- 00:35 – 01:52 next day Leo
- 01:52 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 05:52 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