Durban panchang, 9 June 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 19:09 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
06:48 to 17:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:45
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:02 to 06:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:07
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:22 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 19:53
- Karana Gara until 08:07, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:15 – 16:23
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. 04:58 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:48 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:00 Cancer
- 11:00 – 12:26 Leo
- 12:26 – 13:50 Virgo
- 13:50 – 15:24 Libra
- 15:24 – 17:19 Scorpio
- 17:19 – 19:34 Sagittarius
- 19:34 – 21:55 Capricorn
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Aquarius
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Pisces
- 02:31 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 06:48 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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