Durban panchang, 6 November 2028
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 22:21 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
04:58 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:38 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:40
- 10:44 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 04:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:13
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 11:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 10:44
- Karana Balava until 14:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:44 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:40
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. 03:33 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:58 – 11:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:58 – 11:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:00 Virgo
- 04:00 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:44 Sagittarius
- 09:44 – 12:06 Capricorn
- 12:06 – 14:24 Aquarius
- 14:24 – 16:42 Pisces
- 16:42 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 21:22 Taurus
- 21:22 – 23:25 Gemini
- 23:25 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 02:33 next day Leo
- 02:33 – 03:56 next day Virgo
- 03:56 – 04:57 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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