Durban panchang, 22 October 2028
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 08:26 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
05:11 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:09
- 05:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:31 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 05:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:24
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:09
- Karana Bava until 05:45, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:31 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:09 – 12:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:09
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 07:31
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. 03:43 – 04:27
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:31 – 05:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:31 – 05:10 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:31 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:48 – 08:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:47 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:59 Virgo
- 04:59 – 06:33 Libra
- 06:33 – 08:28 Scorpio
- 08:28 – 10:43 Sagittarius
- 10:43 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:24 next day Gemini
- 00:24 – 02:05 next day Cancer
- 02:05 – 03:32 next day Leo
- 03:32 – 04:55 next day Virgo
- 04:55 – 05:10 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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