Durban panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 12:28 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
05:02 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:45
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:01 Moon enters Aries
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 09:45
- Karana Bava until 16:20, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:01 Moon enters Aries
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 23:01
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:01 – 05:03 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. 03:41 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:01 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:03 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
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:51 Sagittarius
- 05:51 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 10:31 Aquarius
- 10:31 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:03 next day Virgo
- 00:03 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:32 next day Scorpio
- 03:32 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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