Durban panchang, 28 November 2028
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 15:31 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
04:48 to 18:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:55
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:39 to 04:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:45
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:19 – 18:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:55
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. 03:27 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:58 – 04:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:58 – 04:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:44 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:32 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Char | 08:16 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:39 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:08 Libra
- 04:08 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 15:15 Pisces
- 15:15 – 17:36 Aries
- 17:36 – 19:55 Taurus
- 19:55 – 21:59 Gemini
- 21:59 – 23:40 Cancer
- 23:40 – 01:06 next day Leo
- 01:06 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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