Durban panchang, 26 August 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 10:04 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
06:18 to 17:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:47
- 09:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:36 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 21:48
- Karana Vanija until 16:03, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:48 – 20:19 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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:17 next day | Good |
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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:53 Cancer
- 05:53 – 07:20 Leo
- 07:20 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:12 Scorpio
- 12:12 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:49 Capricorn
- 16:49 – 19:07 Aquarius
- 19:07 – 21:25 Pisces
- 21:25 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 02:05 next day Taurus
- 02:05 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 06:17 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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