Melbourne panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 17:44 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 20:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:43
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
20:40 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 10:37
- Karana Bava until 12:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:43
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. 04:41 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 21:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:49 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 15:20 Pisces
- 15:20 – 17:49 Aries
- 17:49 – 20:13 Taurus
- 20:13 – 22:14 Gemini
- 22:14 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 01:05 next day Leo
- 01:05 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 05:56 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