Durban panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 14:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:15
- 05:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:59 to 05:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:22 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 08:18
- Karana Taitila until 05:09, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:15
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. 03:43 – 04:23
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 00:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:00 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:03 – 06:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:04 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
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:43 Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:24 next day Scorpio
- 03:24 – 05:04 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