Melbourne panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 23:21 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:19 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:50
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:50 to 06:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:41
- Karana Bava until 13:40, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:50
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. 05:05 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 14:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:09 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:19 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:50 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 06:37 next day Pisces
- 06:37 – 06:49 next day Aries
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