Durban panchang, 27 May 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 09:36 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
06:41 to 17:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:28
- 09:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:04 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:52 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:48 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 03:36 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:47, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:05 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:03 – 04:52 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:18 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:20 – 02:17 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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 04:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:48 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 13:17 Leo
- 13:17 – 14:41 Virgo
- 14:41 – 16:15 Libra
- 16:15 – 18:10 Scorpio
- 18:10 – 20:25 Sagittarius
- 20:25 – 22:46 Capricorn
- 22:46 – 01:05 next day Aquarius
- 01:05 – 03:23 next day Pisces
- 03:23 – 05:43 next day Aries
- 05:43 – 06:42 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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