Durban panchang, 29 May 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 11:03 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
06:43 to 17:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:16 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:16
- Karana Kaulava until 13:55, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:16 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:16 – 01:52 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. 04:53 – 05:48
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 07:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:03 | Good |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:10 Leo
- 13:10 – 14:33 Virgo
- 14:33 – 16:07 Libra
- 16:07 – 18:02 Scorpio
- 18:02 – 20:17 Sagittarius
- 20:17 – 22:39 Capricorn
- 22:39 – 00:57 next day Aquarius
- 00:57 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 05:35 next day Aries
- 05:35 – 06:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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