Durban panchang, 15 March 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 21:07 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
05:57 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:36
- 11:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:22
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 20:36
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:36 – 21:48
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:15 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:15 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:15 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:58 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:56 Aquarius
- 05:56 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 10:34 Aries
- 10:34 – 12:53 Taurus
- 12:53 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 18:04 Leo
- 18:04 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:02 Libra
- 21:02 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
- 05:52 – 05:58 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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