Durban panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 00:29 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
06:17 to 17:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:07
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:07
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 04:03 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:07, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:15 – 12:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:41 – 06:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:27 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:19 – 02:35 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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 20:43 Scorpio
- 20:43 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 06:18 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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