Melbourne panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 06:34 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:43
- 10:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:13 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 23:35
- Karana Balava until 10:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:25 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:43
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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 13:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:52 Cancer
- 04:52 – 06:09 Leo
- 06:09 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 08:48 Libra
- 08:48 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 15:25 Capricorn
- 15:25 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 01:13 next day Taurus
- 01:13 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 04:48 next day Cancer
- 04:48 – 06:05 next day Leo
- 06:05 – 06:12 next day Virgo
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