Durban panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 21:59 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
05:11 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 05:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:59 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:57
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:18
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:18 – 21:42
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. 03:49 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 04:00 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:00 – 05:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:00 – 05:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:00 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:54 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:12 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
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:08 Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 07:29 Capricorn
- 07:29 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 02:49 next day Scorpio
- 02:49 – 05:04 next day Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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