Durban panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 06:30 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:19
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:50 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:49
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:08 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 15:35
- Karana Kaulava until 12:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
- 23:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:19
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 12:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:08 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:15 Cancer
- 04:15 – 05:41 Leo
- 05:41 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 05:37 next day Leo
- 05:37 – 05:47 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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