Durban panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 08:54 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:59 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 04:59 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:29
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:58 to 05:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:25
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 07:13
- Karana Vishti until 07:25, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:48 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:10 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:59 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:29
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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:59 – 12:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 07:25
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:29 | Good |
| Rog | 08:29 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:00 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
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 03:52 Scorpio
- 03:52 – 06:07 Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 03:48 next day Scorpio
- 03:48 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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