Durban panchang, 28 February 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 08:15 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:57
- 06:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:29 to 05:47 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 19:18
- Karana Taitila until 06:33, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:07 – 08:21
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:09 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:46 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:40 Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 11:37 Aries
- 11:37 – 13:56 Taurus
- 13:56 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 17:41 Cancer
- 17:41 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 05:47 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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