Durban panchang, 2 February 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 11:16 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
05:26 to 18:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:50
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:28 Moon enters Aries
- 07:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:52 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:43
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:28 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 14:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:43, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:28 Moon enters Aries
- 07:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 06:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 05:26 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:36 – 20:48
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. 04:01 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 06:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:43 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 08:41 Aquarius
- 08:41 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:38 Taurus
- 15:38 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 22:13 Virgo
- 22:13 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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