Durban panchang, 26 October 2028
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 12:20 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
05:07 to 18:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:07 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:35
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:12 to 05:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 08:17
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:07 – 06:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:17 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:35
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:13 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:05 – 16:20
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. 03:40 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:09 – 05:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:50 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:43 Virgo
- 04:43 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:13 Scorpio
- 08:13 – 10:27 Sagittarius
- 10:27 – 12:49 Capricorn
- 12:49 – 15:07 Aquarius
- 15:07 – 17:25 Pisces
- 17:25 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 03:16 next day Leo
- 03:16 – 04:39 next day Virgo
- 04:39 – 05:06 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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