Melbourne has the longest summer planetary hours of any mainland capital, at 74 minutes
At 37.8° south Melbourne is the southernmost mainland capital, and its planetary hours swing further than Sydney’s, Brisbane’s or Perth’s.
Melbourne also sits west of the 150° meridian that sets Australian Eastern time, so its Sun runs late against the clock. Solar noon, the midpoint of the day hours, falls between 12:10 and 13:34 through the year, about 25 minutes after Sydney’s. Sunrise ranges from 05:51 on 3 December to 07:36 on 24 June, and sunset from 17:07 in early June to 20:45 on New Year’s Day.
Victoria keeps AEST (UTC+10) in winter and AEDT (UTC+11) from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April, the same dates as Sydney.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day hour | Night hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March | 07:21 | 19:33 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 June | 07:35 | 17:08 | 48 min | 72 min |
| 23 September | 06:09 | 18:16 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 December | 05:54 | 20:41 | 74 min | 46 min |
Times are local clock times from this calculator, with daylight saving applied where Melbourne uses it. Each planetary hour is one twelfth of the daylight or one twelfth of the night, so these two lengths set every hour of the day.
Born in Melbourne? Enter your birth date and time to see your hour
Leave the city on Melbourne, set your birth date and type your birth time into the time field. The panel names your hour and the dial turns to the planetary day you were born in. Victoria has observed daylight saving each summer since 1971, and the calculator applies the clock rules that were in force on your birth date. A birth before sunrise belongs to the night of the previous day, and the panel tells you when that applies.