Melbourne panchang, 15 March 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 21:55 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 19:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:00
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:37 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:22
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:15 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:45
- Karana Kaulava until 11:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:36 – 06:48 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. 05:46 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:15 – 07:20 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:15 – 07:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:15 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 09:47 Pisces
- 09:47 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:41 Gemini
- 16:41 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 07:16 next day Aquarius
- 07:16 – 07:20 next day Pisces
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