Durban panchang, 19 January 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 23:47 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
05:13 to 18:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:49
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:58 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:14 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:54
- Karana Kaulava until 08:59, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:33
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:54 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:31 – 22:37
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:14 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
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:56 Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 07:18 Capricorn
- 07:18 – 09:36 Aquarius
- 09:36 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:18 Cancer
- 20:18 – 21:45 Leo
- 21:45 – 23:08 Virgo
- 23:08 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 02:37 next day Scorpio
- 02:37 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 05:14 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