Durban panchang, 28 June 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 10:51 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:15
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:05 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:09
- Karana Gara until 16:25, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:10 – 20:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:15
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 08:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 03:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:01 Taurus
- 06:01 – 08:04 Gemini
- 08:04 – 09:45 Cancer
- 09:45 – 11:12 Leo
- 11:12 – 12:35 Virgo
- 12:35 – 14:09 Libra
- 14:09 – 16:04 Scorpio
- 16:04 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:41 Capricorn
- 20:41 – 22:59 Aquarius
- 22:59 – 01:17 next day Pisces
- 01:17 – 03:37 next day Aries
- 03:37 – 05:57 next day Taurus
- 05:57 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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