Durban panchang, 26 December 2028
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 14:15 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 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:12
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:57 to 04:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 01:26 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:26, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:12
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. 03:36 – 04:16
- 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 18:57 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:55 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:55 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Char | 08:26 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:12 | Good |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:12 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 04:56 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
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:13 Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:14 next day Libra
- 02:14 – 04:09 next day Scorpio
- 04:09 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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