Durban panchang, 20 November 2028
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:11 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:50 to 18:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:48
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:04 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:37
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 15:38
- Karana Vishti until 09:37, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:04 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:38 – 18:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 17:49
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:49 – 04:50 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:10 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:06 – 04:15 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. 03:28 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 17:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:32 | Good |
| Char | 18:32 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:39 Libra
- 04:39 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 15:47 Pisces
- 15:47 – 18:07 Aries
- 18:07 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:11 next day Cancer
- 00:11 – 01:38 next day Leo
- 01:38 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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