Melbourne panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 10:48 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:43
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
20:40 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 06:50
- Karana Balava until 14:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:50 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:43
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. 04:41 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 14:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:06 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Char | 11:27 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 21:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:50 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:54 Sagittarius
- 07:54 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 15:18 Pisces
- 15:18 – 17:47 Aries
- 17:47 – 20:11 Taurus
- 20:11 – 22:12 Gemini
- 22:12 – 23:46 Cancer
- 23:46 – 01:03 next day Leo
- 01:03 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 05:56 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