Melbourne panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 16:23 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:00
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:35 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:14
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:23
- Karana Kaulava until 12:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:00
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. 05:46 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:20 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 09:42 Pisces
- 09:42 – 12:11 Aries
- 12:11 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:10 Cancer
- 18:10 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 20:41 Virgo
- 20:41 – 22:07 Libra
- 22:07 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 07:11 next day Aquarius
- 07:11 – 07:21 next day Pisces
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