Melbourne panchang, 3 January 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 02:06 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 20:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam 17:04 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta 18:46 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam 18:54 – 20:44
- 08:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:30 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
20:44 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:38
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:07 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:07
- Karana Bava until 08:43, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:54
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:07 – 19:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:46 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:54 – 20:44
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 03:07 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:07 – 06:05 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. 04:49 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:44 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 14:29 Pisces
- 14:29 – 16:58 Aries
- 16:58 – 19:22 Taurus
- 19:22 – 21:23 Gemini
- 21:23 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:05 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