Durban panchang, 9 October 2028
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 23:33 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
05:25 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 06:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:17 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:01 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 05:40 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:58
- Karana Gara until 14:26, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:27 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:29
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:25 – 02:32 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. 03:54 – 04:39
- 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 18:01 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 05:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 05:24 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:32 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:27 Leo
- 04:27 – 05:50 Virgo
- 05:50 – 07:24 Libra
- 07:24 – 09:19 Scorpio
- 09:19 – 11:34 Sagittarius
- 11:34 – 13:56 Capricorn
- 13:56 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:52 Aries
- 20:52 – 23:12 Taurus
- 23:12 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 04:23 next day Leo
- 04:23 – 05:24 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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