Durban panchang, 16 November 2028
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 04:20 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
04:52 to 18:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:52 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:45
- 14:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:18 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:29 to 04:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:16 next day
- Karana Naga until 15:18, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:18 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:16 – 02:40 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. 03:29 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:52 – 15:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:05 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:29 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 11:26 Capricorn
- 11:26 – 13:45 Aquarius
- 13:45 – 16:02 Pisces
- 16:02 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:42 Taurus
- 20:42 – 22:46 Gemini
- 22:46 – 00:27 next day Cancer
- 00:27 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 03:17 next day Virgo
- 03:17 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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