Durban panchang, 4 January 2028
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 11:33 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
05:01 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:14
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 14:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 09:37
- Karana Vanija until 14:50, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:37 – 21:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:50 – 03:40 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
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. 03:41 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 21:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:01 – 21:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:50 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:02 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
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:55 Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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