Durban panchang, 12 October 2028
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 01:10 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
05:21 to 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:21 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:30
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:02 to 05:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 23:53
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 00:25 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:44, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:30
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:41 – 23:53
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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:21 – 05:41
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:21 – 05:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 04:44 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:53 – 04:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:53 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:21 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:15 Leo
- 04:15 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:13 Libra
- 07:13 – 09:08 Scorpio
- 09:08 – 11:22 Sagittarius
- 11:22 – 13:44 Capricorn
- 13:44 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 05:20 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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