Durban panchang, 22 April 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 04:02 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
06:20 to 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:41
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:27 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:26
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:01 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 06:36
- Karana Gara until 06:33, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:01 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:36 – 06:53 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:26 – 08:12 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 23:01 – 06:20 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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:26 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 16:59 Virgo
- 16:59 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:28 Scorpio
- 20:28 – 22:43 Sagittarius
- 22:43 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 06:20 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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