Melbourne panchang, 20 January 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 18:56 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 20:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:18
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Indra
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:40 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 10:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 07:57
- Karana Balava until 10:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Indra
- 10:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:53 – 23:38 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. 05:03 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 21:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 10:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:47 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 21:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
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