Melbourne panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 17:58 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 19:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:04
- 12:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
19:48 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:18
- Karana Bava until 12:32, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 16:42
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. 05:41 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 22:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:12 – 22:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 10:14 Pisces
- 10:14 – 12:43 Aries
- 12:43 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 18:42 Cancer
- 18:42 – 19:59 Leo
- 19:59 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 22:39 Libra
- 22:39 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 07:13 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