Durban panchang, 4 November 2028
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:34 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
04:59 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:59 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 04:59 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:59
- 09:06 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 04:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:30
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 12:23
- Karana Gara until 13:30, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:06 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:59 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:23 – 00:03 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
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 18:19 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:06 – 04:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:06 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:08 Virgo
- 04:08 – 05:42 Libra
- 05:42 – 07:37 Scorpio
- 07:37 – 09:52 Sagittarius
- 09:52 – 12:13 Capricorn
- 12:13 – 14:32 Aquarius
- 14:32 – 16:50 Pisces
- 16:50 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:29 Taurus
- 21:29 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:14 next day Cancer
- 01:14 – 02:40 next day Leo
- 02:40 – 04:04 next day Virgo
- 04:04 – 04:59 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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