Melbourne panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 23:18 Magha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 20:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 14:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 14:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:14
- 08:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:16 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:09, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:14
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. 05:26 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 14:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:16 – 22:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 17:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:09 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:16 – 21:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:36 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 06:52 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:42 Capricorn
- 06:42 – 09:10 Aquarius
- 09:10 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 21:22 Leo
- 21:22 – 22:36 Virgo
- 22:36 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 06:38 next day Capricorn
- 06:38 – 06:52 next day Aquarius
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