Melbourne panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:34 Moonrise 08:07 Margashirsha 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 20:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:54
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:34 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:34 – 22:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:47
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:22 – 20:40
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. 04:38 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:34 – 22:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:34 – 05:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:36 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:23 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 21:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:44 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:54 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 05:53 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 13:28 Aquarius
- 13:28 – 15:55 Pisces
- 15:55 – 18:24 Aries
- 18:24 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 00:24 next day Cancer
- 00:24 – 01:40 next day Leo
- 01:40 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 05:53 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