Durban panchang, 3 November 2028
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 19:36 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
05:00 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:38
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:58 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:18 to 04:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:34
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:47
- Karana Kaulava until 12:34, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:53 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:38
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. 03:34 – 04:17
- 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 18:18 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:00 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:00 – 06:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:12 Virgo
- 04:12 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:56 Sagittarius
- 09:56 – 12:17 Capricorn
- 12:17 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:33 Taurus
- 21:33 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 01:18 next day Cancer
- 01:18 – 02:44 next day Leo
- 02:44 – 04:08 next day Virgo
- 04:08 – 04:59 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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