Melbourne panchang, 3 January 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 11:47 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:48
- 08:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:44 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:42
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:45 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:03
- Karana Kaulava until 08:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:48
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. 04:49 – 05:26
- 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 06:03 – 03:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 21:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:04 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:04 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 04:49 Scorpio
- 04:49 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:59 Aries
- 16:59 – 19:23 Taurus
- 19:23 – 21:24 Gemini
- 21:24 – 22:58 Cancer
- 22:58 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:04 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