Durban panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:52 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
05:31 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:18
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:58 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:34
- Nakshatra Revati until 20:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:33
- Karana Balava until 07:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:58 Moon enters Aries
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) 06:33 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:31 – 20:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:58 – 05:30 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. 03:58 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:34 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:46 Leo
- 04:46 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 07:44 Libra
- 07:44 – 09:39 Scorpio
- 09:39 – 11:54 Sagittarius
- 11:54 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 21:12 Aries
- 21:12 – 23:31 Taurus
- 23:31 – 01:35 next day Gemini
- 01:35 – 03:16 next day Cancer
- 03:16 – 04:42 next day Leo
- 04:42 – 05:30 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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