Melbourne panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 06:02 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:44
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:21 Moon enters Libra
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:39 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:56
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:57
- Karana Naga until 13:56, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:21 Moon enters Libra
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:08 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:57 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:44
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. 05:04 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:49
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 09:49 Scorpio
- 09:49 – 12:06 Sagittarius
- 12:06 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:59 Aries
- 21:59 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:24 next day Gemini
- 02:24 – 03:58 next day Cancer
- 03:58 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 06:29 next day Virgo
- 06:29 – 06:30 next day Libra
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 AEDT (UTC+11) · Method