Melbourne panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 19:01 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 20:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 15:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:50
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:40 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Krittika until 16:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 07:02
- Karana Kaulava until 09:34, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:50
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. 04:42 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 16:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:15 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 11:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:27 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:50 | Good |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 21:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:50 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 15:16 Pisces
- 15:16 – 17:45 Aries
- 17:45 – 20:09 Taurus
- 20:09 – 22:10 Gemini
- 22:10 – 23:44 Cancer
- 23:44 – 01:01 next day Leo
- 01:01 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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