Durban panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 13:07 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
05:50 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:15
- 11:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:24 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:48 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 22:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:24
- Karana Vishti until 11:02, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:48 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:15
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 16:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 16:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:40 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:21 Capricorn
- 04:21 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 11:17 Aries
- 11:17 – 13:37 Taurus
- 13:37 – 15:40 Gemini
- 15:40 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 21:45 Libra
- 21:45 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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