Durban panchang, 10 October 2028
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:01 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
05:24 to 18:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:27
- 05:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 05:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:18 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 05:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 06:04
- Karana Vishti until 14:30, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:40 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:04 – 17:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:27
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. 03:53 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 05:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:14 – 05:23 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:18 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:23 Leo
- 04:23 – 05:46 Virgo
- 05:46 – 07:20 Libra
- 07:20 – 09:15 Scorpio
- 09:15 – 11:30 Sagittarius
- 11:30 – 13:52 Capricorn
- 13:52 – 16:10 Aquarius
- 16:10 – 18:28 Pisces
- 18:28 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 23:08 Taurus
- 23:08 – 01:11 next day Gemini
- 01:11 – 02:53 next day Cancer
- 02:53 – 04:19 next day Leo
- 04:19 – 05:23 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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