Durban panchang, 20 February 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 00:59 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 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:37
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:37 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 12:56
- Karana Bava until 13:14, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:37
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 18:37 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 13:43
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:40 – 13:43
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:41 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 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:12 Capricorn
- 05:12 – 07:30 Aquarius
- 07:30 – 09:48 Pisces
- 09:48 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 14:28 Taurus
- 14:28 – 16:31 Gemini
- 16:31 – 18:13 Cancer
- 18:13 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:31 next day Scorpio
- 00:31 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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