Durban panchang, 2 May 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 13:03 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
06:26 to 17:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 15:57
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 16:14
- Karana Bava until 15:25, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:26 – 06:40
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 – 05:34
- 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 17:18 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 00:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 15:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:54 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:48 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Char | 09:09 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 15:57 | Good |
| Rog | 15:57 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 16:19 Virgo
- 16:19 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 19:48 Scorpio
- 19:48 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 00:25 next day Capricorn
- 00:25 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:27 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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