Durban panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 06:34 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
05:13 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:31
- 09:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:08 to 05:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:02
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:56
- Karana Taitila until 09:11, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:31
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:08 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:28 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:13 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:07 Virgo
- 05:07 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 08:36 Scorpio
- 08:36 – 10:51 Sagittarius
- 10:51 – 13:12 Capricorn
- 13:12 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 20:09 Aries
- 20:09 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:32 next day Gemini
- 00:32 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 03:39 next day Leo
- 03:39 – 05:03 next day Virgo
- 05:03 – 05:12 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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