Durban panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:58 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
05:14 to 18:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:14 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:58 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:34
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:52 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 10:25
- Karana Gara until 08:34, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:25 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:34 – 05:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:52 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:52 Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 07:14 Capricorn
- 07:14 – 09:32 Aquarius
- 09:32 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:14 Cancer
- 20:14 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:04 Virgo
- 23:04 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 02:33 next day Scorpio
- 02:33 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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