Durban panchang, 9 February 2028
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 18:00 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
05:32 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:47 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:47
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:33 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:56
- Karana Gara until 10:34, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:47 – 06:56 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. 04:06 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:47 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 08:14 Aquarius
- 08:14 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 20:22 Leo
- 20:22 – 21:46 Virgo
- 21:46 – 23:20 Libra
- 23:20 – 01:15 next day Scorpio
- 01:15 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:32 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