Durban panchang, 5 September 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 19:09 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
06:06 to 17:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:15
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:42 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:39 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 09:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 23:42
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:42 – 02:06 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 09:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:43 – 00:58 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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:23 – 06:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:23 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:27 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:32 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:14 Cancer
- 05:14 – 06:40 Leo
- 06:40 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:48 Sagittarius
- 13:48 – 16:09 Capricorn
- 16:09 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 20:45 Pisces
- 20:45 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:25 next day Taurus
- 01:25 – 03:29 next day Gemini
- 03:29 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 06:05 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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