Durban panchang, 28 May 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 10:22 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
06:42 to 17:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:03
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:59 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:55, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:03
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. 04:53 – 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 17:03 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 08:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:00 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 11:47 Cancer
- 11:47 – 13:13 Leo
- 13:13 – 14:37 Virgo
- 14:37 – 16:11 Libra
- 16:11 – 18:06 Scorpio
- 18:06 – 20:21 Sagittarius
- 20:21 – 22:42 Capricorn
- 22:42 – 01:01 next day Aquarius
- 01:01 – 03:19 next day Pisces
- 03:19 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 06:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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