Melbourne panchang, 7 April 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 16:31 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:37
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:03 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:49 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:38 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:03 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 10:30
- Karana Kaulava until 16:43, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:49 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:38 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:37
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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 21:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 21:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:27 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:49 Sagittarius
- 23:49 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:41 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 AEST (UTC+10) · Method