Durban panchang, 22 January 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 01:17 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
05:16 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:34
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:48 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:51
- Karana Balava until 09:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
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. 03:54 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:44 Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 07:06 Capricorn
- 07:06 – 09:24 Aquarius
- 09:24 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 22:56 Virgo
- 22:56 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:26 next day Scorpio
- 02:26 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 05:17 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