Melbourne panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 10:49 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 20:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam 17:03 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta 18:46 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam 18:54 – 20:44
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:44 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:10
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:12
- Karana Balava until 19:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:03 – 18:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:12 – 18:03 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:46 – 19:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:54 – 20:44
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. 04:48 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:52 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 17:03 | Good |
| Rog | 17:03 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:03 next day | Good |
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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 17:03 Aries
- 17:03 – 19:27 Taurus
- 19:27 – 21:28 Gemini
- 21:28 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:03 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