Durban panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 06:56 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:37 – 08:22
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:05
- 09:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:23 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:21
- Karana Taitila until 14:58, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:21 – 01:57 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:51 – 22:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:05 – 04:52 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. 03:32 – 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 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:23 – 04:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:23 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:22 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:53 | Good |
| Char | 18:53 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:44 Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:36 Taurus
- 18:36 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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