Durban panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 16:38 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
05:05 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:26
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 01:26 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
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. 03:44 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:36 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:49 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:57 Capricorn
- 07:57 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:17 next day Scorpio
- 03:17 – 05:06 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