Durban panchang, 5 February 2028
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 14:18 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
05:28 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:30
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:56
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 12:02
- Karana Kaulava until 08:56, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:30
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. 04:03 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:50 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:28 – 05:29 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:28 – 08:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:25 – 05:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:25 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 08:29 Aquarius
- 08:29 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 20:38 Leo
- 20:38 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:45 next day Sagittarius
- 03:45 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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