Melbourne panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 04:09 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:15
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
20:44 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:02
- Karana Vishti until 15:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:15
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. 04:51 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 19:10 Taurus
- 19:10 – 21:11 Gemini
- 21:11 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 06:07 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