Durban panchang, 30 August 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 13:43 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
06:14 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- 17:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:39 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:03
- Karana Vishti until 17:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:51 – 19:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:17 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 07:04 Leo
- 07:04 – 08:28 Virgo
- 08:28 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 11:57 Scorpio
- 11:57 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 16:33 Capricorn
- 16:33 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 21:09 Pisces
- 21:09 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:49 next day Taurus
- 01:49 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 05:34 next day Cancer
- 05:34 – 06:12 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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