Durban panchang, 6 January 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 13:26 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
05:03 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:03 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:12
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:05
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 09:20
- Karana Kaulava until 17:05, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:12
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. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 00:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 05:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:05 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:47 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 10:27 Aquarius
- 10:27 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:28 next day Scorpio
- 03:28 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method