Durban panchang, 3 July 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 14:09 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 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:04
- 08:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:47
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:11 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:23
- Karana Bava until 08:07, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:04
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 04:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:11 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:41 Taurus
- 05:41 – 07:45 Gemini
- 07:45 – 09:26 Cancer
- 09:26 – 10:52 Leo
- 10:52 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 15:45 Scorpio
- 15:45 – 18:00 Sagittarius
- 18:00 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 22:39 Aquarius
- 22:39 – 00:57 next day Pisces
- 00:57 – 03:18 next day Aries
- 03:18 – 05:37 next day Taurus
- 05:37 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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