Durban panchang, 29 December 2028
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 17:10 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
04:57 to 18:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:13
- 08:04 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:07
- Nakshatra Rohini until 01:40 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 23:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:04, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:13
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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:40 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:57 – 06:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 04:58 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
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:01 Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:53 Taurus
- 17:53 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 03:57 next day Scorpio
- 03:57 – 04:58 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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