Durban panchang, 21 October 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 07:28 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
05:12 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:54
- 07:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:09 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:06 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:13
- Karana Vanija until 07:04, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
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. 03:43 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 08:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 18:18
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:03 Virgo
- 05:03 – 06:37 Libra
- 06:37 – 08:32 Scorpio
- 08:32 – 10:47 Sagittarius
- 10:47 – 13:08 Capricorn
- 13:08 – 15:27 Aquarius
- 15:27 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:28 next day Gemini
- 00:28 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 03:35 next day Leo
- 03:35 – 04:59 next day Virgo
- 04:59 – 05:11 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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