Melbourne panchang, 4 January 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 02:41 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:48
- 10:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
20:44 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:46
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:45 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 17:33
- Karana Kaulava until 10:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:33 – 19:57
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. 04:50 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 21:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 16:54 Aries
- 16:54 – 19:18 Taurus
- 19:18 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 22:53 Cancer
- 22:53 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 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