Melbourne panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:18 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:37
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:37 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:17 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:26 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:34
- Karana Balava until 18:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:37
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 11:26
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. 05:11 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:57 – 06:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:26 – 06:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:26 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:58 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
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 08:31 Aries
- 08:31 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 12:56 Gemini
- 12:56 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 18:26 Libra
- 18:26 – 20:17 Scorpio
- 20:17 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:58 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