Durban panchang, 23 December 2028
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 11:34 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
04:54 to 18:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:54 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 04:54 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:25
- 06:53 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:56 to 04:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:44 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:28
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:43
- Karana Vanija until 10:28, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:53 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:44 Karana becomes Bava
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) 22:54 – 23:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:54 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:28 – 23:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:25
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. 03:34 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:24 | Good |
| Rog | 08:24 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:24 Scorpio
- 04:24 – 06:39 Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:20 Gemini
- 20:20 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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