Durban panchang, 8 January 2028
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 15:32 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
05:04 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:04 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 05:04 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:31
- 06:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 16:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:37
- Karana Vishti until 16:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:18 Moon enters Taurus
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:04 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:31
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. 03:43 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:50 – 05:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:50 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:05 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
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:39 Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 08:01 Capricorn
- 08:01 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 01:26 next day Libra
- 01:26 – 03:21 next day Scorpio
- 03:21 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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