Durban panchang, 29 October 2028
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 14:59 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
05:04 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:14
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:16 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:14 to 05:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:48
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:16 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:48 – 14:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:14
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:14 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:00 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:43 – 08:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:32 Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:06 Libra
- 06:06 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:16 Sagittarius
- 10:16 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 14:56 Aquarius
- 14:56 – 17:13 Pisces
- 17:13 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 01:38 next day Cancer
- 01:38 – 03:04 next day Leo
- 03:04 – 04:28 next day Virgo
- 04:28 – 05:03 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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