Melbourne panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 20:43 Moonrise 00:44 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 10:55 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:47
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 18:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:43 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:43 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:02
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:56
- Karana Kaulava until 18:02, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 18:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:55 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:47
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:56 – 20:20
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. 04:47 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:43 – 22:35
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 21:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:53 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 17:10 Aries
- 17:10 – 19:34 Taurus
- 19:34 – 21:35 Gemini
- 21:35 – 23:09 Cancer
- 23:09 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 06:02 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