Melbourne panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 14:01 Vaishakha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:34
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:54 Moon enters Leo
- 10:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:29 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:20
- Karana Balava until 10:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:54 Moon enters Leo
- 10:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:34
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. 05:15 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:54 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 16:33 Virgo
- 16:33 – 17:59 Libra
- 17:59 – 19:49 Scorpio
- 19:49 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:05 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