Durban panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 12:23 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
06:25 to 17:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:08
Night
17:19 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:12 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 18:54
- Karana Vanija until 17:21, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:21 – 04:25 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:54 – 21:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:42 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:43 – 06:26 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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 02:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:19 | Good |
| Char | 17:19 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 19:52 Scorpio
- 19:52 – 22:07 Sagittarius
- 22:07 – 00:29 next day Capricorn
- 00:29 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:26 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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