Durban panchang, 21 July 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 06:06 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
06:48 to 17:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:57
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:48 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:16 to 06:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:48
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:19 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 22:04
- Karana Shakuni until 07:48, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:48 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 18:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:04 – 23:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:19 – 06:48 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. 05:00 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 01:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 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
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:40 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)
- 05:00 – 06:34 Gemini
- 06:34 – 08:15 Cancer
- 08:15 – 09:41 Leo
- 09:41 – 11:05 Virgo
- 11:05 – 12:39 Libra
- 12:39 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:49 Sagittarius
- 16:49 – 19:10 Capricorn
- 19:10 – 21:29 Aquarius
- 21:29 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 02:07 next day Aries
- 02:07 – 04:26 next day Taurus
- 04:26 – 06:30 next day Gemini
- 06:30 – 06:48 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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