Durban panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 08:53 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
04:52 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:38
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 05:53 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 21:50
- Karana Bava until 17:00, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:50 – 23:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:57 – 04:53 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 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:52 – 05:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:23 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:36 Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:51 Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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