Melbourne panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 09:48 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 20:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 15:08
- 06:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
20:40 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:58 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:15
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:58 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 15:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:57 – 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. 04:41 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 14:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:49 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 17:51 Aries
- 17:51 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:16 Gemini
- 22:16 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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