Durban panchang, 6 October 2028
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 20:44 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
05:28 to 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:25
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:59 to 05:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:05 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:33 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 07:29
- Karana Vanija until 11:19, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:29 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:59 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:38 Leo
- 04:38 – 06:02 Virgo
- 06:02 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:31 Scorpio
- 09:31 – 11:46 Sagittarius
- 11:46 – 14:07 Capricorn
- 14:07 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 18:44 Pisces
- 18:44 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:27 next day Gemini
- 01:27 – 03:08 next day Cancer
- 03:08 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 05:27 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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