Melbourne panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 10:08 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 20:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:24 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:44
- Durmuhurta 13:44 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:39
- 11:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
20:36 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:34
- Karana Bava until 11:34, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:44 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:39
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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 14:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 14:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:42 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:24 | Good |
| Rog | 11:24 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 21:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:45 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 15:47 Pisces
- 15:47 – 18:17 Aries
- 18:17 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:42 Gemini
- 22:42 – 00:16 next day Cancer
- 00:16 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 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