Melbourne panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 06:36 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 20:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 15:06
- Gulika Kalam 16:57 – 18:47
- Durmuhurta 18:40 – 19:39
- Rahu Kalam 18:47 – 20:38
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:11
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:09 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 09:53
- Karana Bava until 12:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:40 – 19:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:47 – 20:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:00 – 18:05
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. 04:40 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 12:09
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 12:09
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:25 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 21:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:47 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 05:54 next day | Good |
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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 15:34 Pisces
- 15:34 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:28 Gemini
- 22:28 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 01:19 next day Leo
- 01:19 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
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