Durban panchang, 27 October 2028
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 13:14 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
05:06 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:35
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:59 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 08:59
- Karana Taitila until 11:02, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:35
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. 03:39 – 04:22
- 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 18:13 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:06 – 05:05 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:17 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:06 – 06:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:01 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:39 Virgo
- 04:39 – 06:14 Libra
- 06:14 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:24 Sagittarius
- 10:24 – 12:45 Capricorn
- 12:45 – 15:03 Aquarius
- 15:03 – 17:21 Pisces
- 17:21 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 22:01 Taurus
- 22:01 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 03:12 next day Leo
- 03:12 – 04:36 next day Virgo
- 04:36 – 05:05 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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