Melbourne panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:39 Moonrise 07:41 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 20:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:42
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:37 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
20:39 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:39 – 22:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:22
- Karana Kaulava until 11:53, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 12:27
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:27 – 05:55 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. 04:40 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:39 – 22:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 21:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:48 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:59 Aries
- 17:59 – 20:23 Taurus
- 20:23 – 22:24 Gemini
- 22:24 – 23:58 Cancer
- 23:58 – 01:15 next day Leo
- 01:15 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 05:55 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