Durban panchang, 26 July 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 09:25 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 00:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:19 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:42 – 06:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:42 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:14 Gemini
- 06:14 – 07:55 Cancer
- 07:55 – 09:21 Leo
- 09:21 – 10:45 Virgo
- 10:45 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:47 next day Aries
- 01:47 – 04:07 next day Taurus
- 04:07 – 06:10 next day Gemini
- 06:10 – 06:45 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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