Durban panchang, 30 December 2028
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 18:06 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
04:58 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:58 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 04:58 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:28
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:47 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:44
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:46 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 22:04
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:47 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:04 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:58 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:58 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- 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 04:58 – 01:46 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 04:59 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
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:57 Scorpio
- 03:57 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 01:58 next day Libra
- 01:58 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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