Melbourne panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 22:52 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 20:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:39 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 17:01
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:42 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 01:43 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 09:46
- Karana Vanija until 15:12, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:46 – 05:52 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 17:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:12 – 01:35 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:52 – 07:04 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. 04:44 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:35 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:39 | Good |
| Rog | 09:39 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 21:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:52 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:01 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 17:29 Aries
- 17:29 – 19:53 Taurus
- 19:53 – 21:55 Gemini
- 21:55 – 23:28 Cancer
- 23:28 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 05:58 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