Durban panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 17:30 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
06:12 to 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:41
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:41 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Libra
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:26
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:57
- Karana Bava until 12:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:12 Moon enters Libra
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:41
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:12 – 08:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 08:22
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:12 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:13 next day | Good |
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
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:19 Gemini
- 13:19 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 19:24 Libra
- 19:24 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:34 Sagittarius
- 23:34 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 06:13 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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