Durban panchang, 4 April 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 14:25 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
06:09 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:20
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 06:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:37
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:53
- Karana Kaulava until 06:37, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:20
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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:04 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:09 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:36 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:35 Taurus
- 11:35 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:20 Cancer
- 15:20 – 16:46 Leo
- 16:46 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 21:38 Scorpio
- 21:38 – 23:53 Sagittarius
- 23:53 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:10 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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