Durban panchang, 21 January 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 00:29 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
05:15 to 18:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:15
- 08:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:58 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:47
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:04 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 09:24
- Karana Vishti until 08:47, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:04 – 05:16 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. 03:53 – 04:34
- 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 08:47 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:48 Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 07:10 Capricorn
- 07:10 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:00 Virgo
- 23:00 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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