Durban panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 05:54 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:51 to 18:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:53
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:53 to 04:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:27 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:22
- Karana Balava until 14:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:00 – 09:05
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 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:27 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:36 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 04:51 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
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:48 Scorpio
- 04:48 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:40 Taurus
- 18:40 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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