Melbourne panchang, 16 March 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 22:41 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:09
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:36 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:42
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:24 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 04:09 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:55, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:09
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 – 06:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 02:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:20 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:36 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:04 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 09:43 Pisces
- 09:43 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:36 Taurus
- 14:36 – 16:37 Gemini
- 16:37 – 18:11 Cancer
- 18:11 – 19:28 Leo
- 19:28 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 07:12 next day Aquarius
- 07:12 – 07:21 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