Melbourne panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:43 Moonrise 23:54 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 20:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:46
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:43 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:43 – 22:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:25
- Karana Kaulava until 09:31, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:46
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. 04:45 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:43 – 22:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:03 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 21:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:52 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:02 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:11 Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:57 Capricorn
- 09:57 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 14:52 Pisces
- 14:52 – 17:22 Aries
- 17:22 – 19:45 Taurus
- 19:45 – 21:47 Gemini
- 21:47 – 23:21 Cancer
- 23:21 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 06:00 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