Melbourne panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 21:18 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 20:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:52 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:44
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
20:41 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:21
- Karana Bava until 12:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:52 – 11:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 10:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:23 – 05:57 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. 04:43 – 05:20
- 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 20:41 – 22:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 12:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 21:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:51 – 23:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:00 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:27 Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 17:37 Aries
- 17:37 – 20:01 Taurus
- 20:01 – 22:03 Gemini
- 22:03 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 05:57 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