Durban panchang, 8 February 2028
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 17:13 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
05:31 to 18:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:08
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:48 to 05:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:00 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:16 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 00:00 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:53, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:00 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:08
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. 04:05 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:31 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:20 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:08 | Good |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 08:17 Aquarius
- 08:17 – 10:35 Pisces
- 10:35 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 20:26 Leo
- 20:26 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:19 next day Scorpio
- 01:19 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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