Durban panchang, 29 September 2028
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 14:26 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
05:37 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:22
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:04 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:37, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:04 – 05:04 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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 06:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 06:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 08:37
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:06 Leo
- 05:06 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 09:59 Scorpio
- 09:59 – 12:14 Sagittarius
- 12:14 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 16:54 Aquarius
- 16:54 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 01:55 next day Gemini
- 01:55 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:02 next day Leo
- 05:02 – 05:36 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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