Durban panchang, 8 August 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 20:22 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
06:36 to 17:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:05
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:26 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:00
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:09 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:47
- Karana Vishti until 17:00, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:24 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 06:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:46 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 03:09 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. 04:51 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 17:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:09 – 06:35 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:26 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 08:30 Leo
- 08:30 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 11:28 Libra
- 11:28 – 13:23 Scorpio
- 13:23 – 15:38 Sagittarius
- 15:38 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 22:36 Pisces
- 22:36 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 03:15 next day Taurus
- 03:15 – 05:19 next day Gemini
- 05:19 – 06:35 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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