Melbourne panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 08:06 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:44
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:50 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 09:40
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:46 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:20
- Karana Gara until 09:40, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:29 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:33 – 02:25 next day
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. 05:10 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:55 – 03:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:55 – 03:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:54 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 09:13 Virgo
- 09:13 – 10:38 Libra
- 10:38 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 17:15 Capricorn
- 17:15 – 19:43 Aquarius
- 19:43 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 00:39 next day Aries
- 00:39 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 06:38 next day Cancer
- 06:38 – 06:54 next day Leo
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