Melbourne panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 13:44 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:45
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:14
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
20:44 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 12:40, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 06:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:50 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:14
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 06:06 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. 04:50 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:45 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:04 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:51 Aries
- 16:51 – 19:15 Taurus
- 19:15 – 21:16 Gemini
- 21:16 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 04:37 next day Scorpio
- 04:37 – 06:06 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