Durban panchang, 30 January 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 08:33 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta 17:06 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam 17:12 – 18:54
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:54 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 03:45 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:31 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 13:42
- Karana Vanija until 14:30, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:30 – 18:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:06 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:12 – 18:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:47 – 03:45 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. 03:59 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 01:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:31 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:04 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:05 – 05:24 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
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:13 Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 06:34 Capricorn
- 06:34 – 08:53 Aquarius
- 08:53 – 11:10 Pisces
- 11:10 – 13:31 Aries
- 13:31 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 19:35 Cancer
- 19:35 – 21:01 Leo
- 21:01 – 22:25 Virgo
- 22:25 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:24 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