Durban panchang, 18 January 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 23:08 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
05:12 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:26 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:58 to 05:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:02
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:53
- Karana Bava until 10:02, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:26 Moon enters Libra
- 21:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 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. 03:51 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:02 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:40 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:00 Sagittarius
- 05:00 – 07:21 Capricorn
- 07:21 – 09:40 Aquarius
- 09:40 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 23:12 Virgo
- 23:12 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 02:41 next day Scorpio
- 02:41 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
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