Durban panchang, 12 February 2028
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 19:55 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
05:34 to 18:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:27
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:45 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:34
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:03
- Karana Gara until 09:34, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:49 – 20:58
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:39 – 05:35 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. 04:08 – 04:51
- 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 18:45 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 08:02 Aquarius
- 08:02 – 10:19 Pisces
- 10:19 – 12:40 Aries
- 12:40 – 14:59 Taurus
- 14:59 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 18:44 Cancer
- 18:44 – 20:10 Leo
- 20:10 – 21:34 Virgo
- 21:34 – 23:08 Libra
- 23:08 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:18 next day Sagittarius
- 03:18 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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