Durban panchang, 1 August 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 13:52 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
06:41 to 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:02
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:42 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:22 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 12:58
- Karana Bava until 17:34, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:42 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:58 – 12:32 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
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. 04:55 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:02 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 07:32 Cancer
- 07:32 – 08:58 Leo
- 08:58 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 13:51 Scorpio
- 13:51 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 18:27 Capricorn
- 18:27 – 20:45 Aquarius
- 20:45 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 01:24 next day Aries
- 01:24 – 03:43 next day Taurus
- 03:43 – 05:47 next day Gemini
- 05:47 – 06:41 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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