Durban panchang, 23 April 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 04:57 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 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:26
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 08:12 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:26 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:57 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 06:53
- Karana Vishti until 08:12, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 08:12 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:26 – 08:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:53 – 08:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:26
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 – 05:29
- 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 17:26 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:57 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 06:21 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 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:24 Scorpio
- 20:24 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 06:21 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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