Durban panchang, 3 February 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 12:14 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
05:26 to 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:26 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:10
- 08:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:51 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:09 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 14:34
- Karana Vanija until 08:51, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:10 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:10
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. 04:02 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 08:09
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:07 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 08:37 Aquarius
- 08:37 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:38 Gemini
- 17:38 – 19:19 Cancer
- 19:19 – 20:46 Leo
- 20:46 – 22:09 Virgo
- 22:09 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 01:38 next day Scorpio
- 01:38 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:27 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