Durban panchang, 23 October 2028
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 09:26 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
05:10 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:47 – 08:25
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:34
- 05:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:10 to 05:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:45
- Karana Kaulava until 05:17, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:46 – 05:09 next day
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- 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 18:10 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:10 – 07:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:38 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:25 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:55 Virgo
- 04:55 – 06:29 Libra
- 06:29 – 08:24 Scorpio
- 08:24 – 10:39 Sagittarius
- 10:39 – 13:01 Capricorn
- 13:01 – 15:19 Aquarius
- 15:19 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:57 Aries
- 19:57 – 22:17 Taurus
- 22:17 – 00:20 next day Gemini
- 00:20 – 02:01 next day Cancer
- 02:01 – 03:28 next day Leo
- 03:28 – 04:51 next day Virgo
- 04:51 – 05:09 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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