Durban panchang, 17 March 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 22:52 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
05:58 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:37
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:56
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:23
- Karana Bava until 12:56, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:23 – 18:15 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 18:25
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 18:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:59 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:45 Taurus
- 12:45 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 22:49 Scorpio
- 22:49 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 05:59 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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