Durban panchang, 24 January 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 03:04 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
05:18 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:57 to 05:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:39
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:58 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:39, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:58 – 05:19 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. 03:55 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 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
| Amrit | 05:18 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:37 Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 09:16 Aquarius
- 09:16 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 00:23 next day Libra
- 00:23 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:33 next day Sagittarius
- 04:33 – 05:19 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