Durban panchang, 10 November 2028
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 00:29 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
04:55 to 18:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:43
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:12 Moon enters Leo
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 04:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:33
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 00:43 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:33, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:12 Moon enters Leo
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:55 – 10:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:12 – 04:55 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. 03:31 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:55 – 06:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:44 Virgo
- 03:44 – 05:19 Libra
- 05:19 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:50 Capricorn
- 11:50 – 14:08 Aquarius
- 14:08 – 16:26 Pisces
- 16:26 – 18:47 Aries
- 18:47 – 21:06 Taurus
- 21:06 – 23:09 Gemini
- 23:09 – 00:51 next day Cancer
- 00:51 – 02:17 next day Leo
- 02:17 – 03:40 next day Virgo
- 03:40 – 04:55 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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