Durban panchang, 9 September 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 22:50 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
06:02 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:44 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:54 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:43, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:51 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:44 – 05:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:51 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:58 Cancer
- 04:58 – 06:25 Leo
- 06:25 – 07:48 Virgo
- 07:48 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:17 Scorpio
- 11:17 – 13:32 Sagittarius
- 13:32 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 04:54 next day Cancer
- 04:54 – 06:00 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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