Durban panchang, 2 October 2028
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 17:04 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
05:33 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:28
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:56 to 05:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:04, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:04 – 05:15 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. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 15:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:54 Leo
- 04:54 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 12:02 Sagittarius
- 12:02 – 14:23 Capricorn
- 14:23 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:59 Pisces
- 18:59 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:39 Taurus
- 23:39 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 04:50 next day Leo
- 04:50 – 05:32 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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