Melbourne panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 11:08 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:34 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 15:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:46
- 13:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
20:36 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:49 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 19:08
- Karana Kaulava until 13:52, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 15:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:08 – 20:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 17:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:23 – 05:53 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. 04:39 – 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 – 22:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 17:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:43 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Char | 09:34 – 11:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:24 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:46 | Good |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 21:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:46 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 13:16 Aquarius
- 13:16 – 15:43 Pisces
- 15:43 – 18:13 Aries
- 18:13 – 20:36 Taurus
- 20:36 – 22:38 Gemini
- 22:38 – 00:12 next day Cancer
- 00:12 – 01:29 next day Leo
- 01:29 – 02:43 next day Virgo
- 02:43 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 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