Durban panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 04:42 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
06:27 to 17:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:09
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:32 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:08
- Karana Gara until 08:56, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:08 – 05:37 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:30 – 05:57 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:48 – 06:26 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. 04:43 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 11:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:44 Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 07:51 Leo
- 07:51 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 17:20 Capricorn
- 17:20 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:56 Pisces
- 21:56 – 00:17 next day Aries
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Taurus
- 02:36 – 04:40 next day Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:21 next day Cancer
- 06:21 – 06:26 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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