Durban panchang, 13 February 2028
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 20:30 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
05:35 to 18:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:44
- 06:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:44 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:10
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:17
- Karana Vishti until 06:10, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:49 – 20:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:44
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:17 – 01:17 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 03:12 – 05:36 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 – 04:52
- 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 18:44 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 13:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:06 – 03:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:06 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:13 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:39 Capricorn
- 05:39 – 07:58 Aquarius
- 07:58 – 10:15 Pisces
- 10:15 – 12:36 Aries
- 12:36 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 16:59 Gemini
- 16:59 – 18:40 Cancer
- 18:40 – 20:06 Leo
- 20:06 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 23:04 Libra
- 23:04 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:14 next day Sagittarius
- 03:14 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
- 05:35 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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