Durban panchang, 25 May 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 07:45 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:55 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:24
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:25
- Karana Bava until 09:24, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:55 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 11:08
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:08 – 06:41 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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 13:25 Leo
- 13:25 – 14:49 Virgo
- 14:49 – 16:23 Libra
- 16:23 – 18:18 Scorpio
- 18:18 – 20:33 Sagittarius
- 20:33 – 22:54 Capricorn
- 22:54 – 01:13 next day Aquarius
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 06:41 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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