Durban panchang, 28 April 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 09:54 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
06:24 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 15:59
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:20 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:22 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:17
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:16 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:25 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:40, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:20 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:59
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 – 05:32
- 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 17:22 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 04:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 10:00 Taurus
- 10:00 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 20:04 Scorpio
- 20:04 – 22:19 Sagittarius
- 22:19 – 00:40 next day Capricorn
- 00:40 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:24 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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