Durban panchang, 11 August 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 23:03 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
06:33 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:06
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:52 Moon enters Aries
- 10:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:28 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:42
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 10:46, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:52 Moon enters Aries
- 10:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:19 – 20:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:58 – 14:11
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. 04:49 – 05:41
- 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 17:28 – 20:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:33 – 08:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 08:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 23:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:52 – 06:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:52 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:11 Gemini
- 05:11 – 06:52 Cancer
- 06:52 – 08:19 Leo
- 08:19 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:26 Sagittarius
- 15:26 – 17:48 Capricorn
- 17:48 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 22:24 Pisces
- 22:24 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 03:04 next day Taurus
- 03:04 – 05:07 next day Gemini
- 05:07 – 06:32 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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