Durban panchang, 7 May 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 16:03 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
06:29 to 17:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:14
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:07
- Karana Gara until 13:17, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:07 – 18:10 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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 15:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:29 Gemini
- 11:29 – 13:10 Cancer
- 13:10 – 14:36 Leo
- 14:36 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 17:34 Libra
- 17:34 – 19:29 Scorpio
- 19:29 – 21:44 Sagittarius
- 21:44 – 00:05 next day Capricorn
- 00:05 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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