Melbourne panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:37 Moonrise 12:08 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 20:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 15:06
- 15:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
20:37 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:37 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:16 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 19:16
- Karana Gara until 15:38, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 15:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:16 – 14:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:43 – 16:42 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:37 – 22:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 04:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:55 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 21:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:47 – 22:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:56 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 05:54 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 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 18:09 Aries
- 18:09 – 20:33 Taurus
- 20:33 – 22:34 Gemini
- 22:34 – 00:08 next day Cancer
- 00:08 – 01:25 next day Leo
- 01:25 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 05:54 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