Durban panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 07:59 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:22
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:35 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 22:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:20
- Karana Vanija until 11:59, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:43 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:33 – 18:25
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 07:31 Leo
- 07:31 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:24 Scorpio
- 12:24 – 14:39 Sagittarius
- 14:39 – 17:00 Capricorn
- 17:00 – 19:19 Aquarius
- 19:19 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 02:16 next day Taurus
- 02:16 – 04:20 next day Gemini
- 04:20 – 06:01 next day Cancer
- 06:01 – 06:20 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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