Melbourne panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 00:42 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 20:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:48
- 11:14 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
20:40 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:39 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:34
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:14 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 19:25
- Karana Gara until 17:34, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:14 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:39 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:25 – 21:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:20 – 07:37
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 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:34 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 21:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:53 – 23:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:59 Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 01:48 next day Libra
- 01:48 – 03:38 next day Scorpio
- 03:38 – 05:55 next day Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
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