Durban panchang, 4 August 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 16:46 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
06:39 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:03
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:24 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 12:42
- Karana Vanija until 08:21, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 15:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:57 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:20 Cancer
- 07:20 – 08:46 Leo
- 08:46 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 13:39 Scorpio
- 13:39 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 01:12 next day Aries
- 01:12 – 03:31 next day Taurus
- 03:31 – 05:35 next day Gemini
- 05:35 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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