Melbourne panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:43 Moonrise 00:20 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 20:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:12
- 06:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
20:43 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:43 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:11
- Karana Vishti until 06:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:55 – 03:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:12
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. 04:46 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:43 – 22:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 21:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 18:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:07 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 21:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 14:45 Pisces
- 14:45 – 17:14 Aries
- 17:14 – 19:37 Taurus
- 19:37 – 21:39 Gemini
- 21:39 – 23:13 Cancer
- 23:13 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 06:01 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