Durban panchang, 8 July 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 18:54 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
06:52 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:35
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:09 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 05:11 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:00, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:48 – 06:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:35
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:09 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:21 Taurus
- 05:21 – 07:25 Gemini
- 07:25 – 09:06 Cancer
- 09:06 – 10:32 Leo
- 10:32 – 11:56 Virgo
- 11:56 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:25 Scorpio
- 15:25 – 17:40 Sagittarius
- 17:40 – 20:01 Capricorn
- 20:01 – 22:20 Aquarius
- 22:20 – 00:37 next day Pisces
- 00:37 – 02:58 next day Aries
- 02:58 – 05:17 next day Taurus
- 05:17 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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