Durban panchang, 11 January 2028
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 18:38 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
05:07 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:59 to 05:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:16
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 18:23
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:41 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:23 – 14:25 next day
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. 03:46 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:31
- 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 17:20 – 18:27
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:07 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
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:28 Sagittarius
- 05:28 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:09 next day Scorpio
- 03:09 – 05:07 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