Durban panchang, 15 May 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 23:15 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
06:34 to 17:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:02
- 10:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 23:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 11:12
- Karana Vishti until 10:22, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:02
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. 04:47 – 05:41
- 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 17:09 – 19:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 19:32
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:02 Libra
- 17:02 – 18:57 Scorpio
- 18:57 – 21:12 Sagittarius
- 21:12 – 23:34 Capricorn
- 23:34 – 01:52 next day Aquarius
- 01:52 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 06:30 next day Aries
- 06:30 – 06:35 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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