Durban panchang, 22 December 2028
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 10:41 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
04:53 to 18:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:10
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 08:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:54
- Karana Taitila until 08:01, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:54 – 23:43 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. 03:33 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 10:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:53 – 08:01
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:53 – 06:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:28 Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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