Durban panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 15:04 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
06:10 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:25
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:11 Moon enters Leo
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:44
- Karana Vanija until 14:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:11 Moon enters Leo
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:44 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:55 – 18:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:11 – 01:28 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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:46 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:10 – 18:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:28 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:33 Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:31 Taurus
- 11:31 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:35 Scorpio
- 21:35 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:10 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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