Durban panchang, 27 April 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 08:54 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:11
- 10:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:58
- Nakshatra Rohini until 04:20 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:10, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:05 – 05:29 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 04:20 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:20 – 06:24 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. 04:39 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 10:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:20 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:38 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:00 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 16:39 Virgo
- 16:39 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:08 Scorpio
- 20:08 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:24 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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