Melbourne panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:40 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 19:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:44
- 09:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:24 Moon enters Gemini
Night
19:40 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:48
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:00 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 12:35
- Karana Kaulava until 09:32, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:35 – 23:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:44
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 04:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:00 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:28 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 06:28 Virgo
- 06:28 – 07:53 Libra
- 07:53 – 09:44 Scorpio
- 09:44 – 12:01 Sagittarius
- 12:01 – 14:30 Capricorn
- 14:30 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 19:25 Pisces
- 19:25 – 21:54 Aries
- 21:54 – 00:18 next day Taurus
- 00:18 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 06:24 next day Virgo
- 06:24 – 06:28 next day Libra
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