Melbourne panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 02:18 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:34
- 10:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:45 to 06:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 13:05
- Karana Bava until 10:02, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:34
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. 05:07 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:14 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:57 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 11:18 Taurus
- 11:18 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 18:50 Libra
- 18:50 – 20:40 Scorpio
- 20:40 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 06:21 next day Pisces
- 06:21 – 06:53 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