Durban panchang, 31 October 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 16:45 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
05:03 to 18:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:37
- 07:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:16 to 05:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 12:18
- Karana Taitila until 07:39, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:18 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
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. 03:36 – 04:19
- 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 18:16 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 03:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:03 – 07:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 03:24 – 05:02 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:24 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Char | 08:21 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:24 Virgo
- 04:24 – 05:58 Libra
- 05:58 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 10:08 Sagittarius
- 10:08 – 12:29 Capricorn
- 12:29 – 14:48 Aquarius
- 14:48 – 17:05 Pisces
- 17:05 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:45 Taurus
- 21:45 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 01:30 next day Cancer
- 01:30 – 02:56 next day Leo
- 02:56 – 04:20 next day Virgo
- 04:20 – 05:02 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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