Durban panchang, 8 November 2028
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 23:50 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
04:57 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:20
- 05:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:22 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:49
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:33 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 00:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:58 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:57 – 03:59 next day
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. 03:32 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:22 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:33 – 04:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:19 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:52 Virgo
- 03:52 – 05:26 Libra
- 05:26 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:36 Sagittarius
- 09:36 – 11:58 Capricorn
- 11:58 – 14:16 Aquarius
- 14:16 – 16:34 Pisces
- 16:34 – 18:55 Aries
- 18:55 – 21:14 Taurus
- 21:14 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 00:59 next day Cancer
- 00:59 – 02:25 next day Leo
- 02:25 – 03:48 next day Virgo
- 03:48 – 04:56 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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