Melbourne panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 14:12 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:45
- Yamaganda 16:57 – 18:48
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:49
- Karana Balava until 16:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:48
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 04:44 – 05:54 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. 04:40 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:40 – 04:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:40 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:40 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 21:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:48 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 13:05 Aquarius
- 13:05 – 15:32 Pisces
- 15:32 – 18:01 Aries
- 18:01 – 20:25 Taurus
- 20:25 – 22:26 Gemini
- 22:26 – 00:00 next day Cancer
- 00:00 – 01:17 next day Leo
- 01:17 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 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