Melbourne panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 13:09 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 20:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 10:48 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:41
- 14:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:56 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 16:42, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:16 – 14:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:48 – 11:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:43 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 17:49 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) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Char | 11:25 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 21:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:47 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 13:08 Aquarius
- 13:08 – 15:36 Pisces
- 15:36 – 18:05 Aries
- 18:05 – 20:29 Taurus
- 20:29 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 01:21 next day Leo
- 01:21 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
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