Durban panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 05:01 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:11 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:56
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:31 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:51 Leo
- 03:51 – 05:15 Virgo
- 05:15 – 06:49 Libra
- 06:49 – 08:44 Scorpio
- 08:44 – 10:59 Sagittarius
- 10:59 – 13:20 Capricorn
- 13:20 – 15:39 Aquarius
- 15:39 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:36 Taurus
- 22:36 – 00:40 next day Gemini
- 00:40 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 03:47 next day Leo
- 03:47 – 05:11 next day Virgo
- 05:11 – 05:14 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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