Durban panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 06:47 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:13
- 05:52 Moon enters Aquarius
- 09:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:55 to 05:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:26 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:50
- Karana Balava until 09:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:52 Moon enters Aquarius
- 09:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:52 – 11:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:13
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. 03:58 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:21 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:21 Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:42 Capricorn
- 06:42 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:09 Leo
- 21:09 – 22:33 Virgo
- 22:33 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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