Durban panchang, 19 February 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 00:05 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
05:40 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:24
- 11:31 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:31 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:38 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:18 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 12:43
- Karana Vanija until 11:31, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:31 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:31 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:43 – 13:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:24
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. 04:12 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 07:34 Aquarius
- 07:34 – 09:52 Pisces
- 09:52 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 19:43 Leo
- 19:43 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 22:40 Libra
- 22:40 – 00:35 next day Scorpio
- 00:35 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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