Durban panchang, 7 October 2028
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 21:42 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
05:27 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:27 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:27 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:51
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:46 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 07:37
- Karana Bava until 12:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:27 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 01:21 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 03:22 – 05:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:22 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:35 | Good |
| Rog | 08:35 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:26 next day | Good |
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
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:34 Leo
- 04:34 – 05:58 Virgo
- 05:58 – 07:32 Libra
- 07:32 – 09:27 Scorpio
- 09:27 – 11:42 Sagittarius
- 11:42 – 14:03 Capricorn
- 14:03 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:04 next day Cancer
- 03:04 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 05:26 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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