Durban panchang, 25 December 2028
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 13:20 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
04:55 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:40 – 08:25
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:08
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:21 Moon enters Aries
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:24, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:21 Moon enters Aries
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:31 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:08
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. 03:35 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:25 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:17 Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:50 Aries
- 15:50 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 02:18 next day Libra
- 02:18 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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