Durban panchang, 24 October 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 10:26 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
05:09 to 18:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:33
- 05:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:15 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:11 to 05:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:52 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:02
- Karana Gara until 05:41, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:52 – 05:08 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. 03:41 – 04:25
- 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 18:11 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 08:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:11 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Char | 08:24 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:33 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:24 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:51 Virgo
- 04:51 – 06:25 Libra
- 06:25 – 08:20 Scorpio
- 08:20 – 10:35 Sagittarius
- 10:35 – 12:57 Capricorn
- 12:57 – 15:15 Aquarius
- 15:15 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 03:24 next day Leo
- 03:24 – 04:47 next day Virgo
- 04:47 – 05:08 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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