Durban panchang, 31 March 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 11:01 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:24
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:52 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:49 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:05
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:34
- Karana Balava until 11:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:49 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:24
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:05 – 06:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:49 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:53 Aquarius
- 04:53 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 09:31 Aries
- 09:31 – 11:50 Taurus
- 11:50 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 21:54 Scorpio
- 21:54 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 04:49 next day Aquarius
- 04:49 – 06:07 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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