Durban panchang, 14 April 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 21:38 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
06:15 to 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:11
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:36 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:18 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:11 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 01:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:54, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
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) 02:22 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:11
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 04:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:11 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 20:59 Scorpio
- 20:59 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 06:12 next day Pisces
- 06:12 – 06:16 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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