Durban panchang, 7 February 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 16:20 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
05:30 to 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:09
- 05:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:49 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 05:55
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:04
- Karana Vishti until 05:55, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:50 – 07:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:04 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:09
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. 04:04 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:30 – 07:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 07:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 07:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 08:21 Aquarius
- 08:21 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 15:19 Taurus
- 15:19 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:04 Cancer
- 19:04 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:23 next day Scorpio
- 01:23 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:31 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