Durban panchang, 20 March 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 00:46 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
06:00 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:40
Night
18:05 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:34 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 19:25
- Karana Vishti until 18:06, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:38 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:40
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 18:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:49 – 03:22 next day
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:34 – 06:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:22 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 06:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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