Durban panchang, 22 February 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 02:52 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
05:42 to 18:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 08:55 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:59
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:21 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:19
- Karana Gara until 17:55, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:30 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:42 – 19:21
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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Char | 08:55 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:35 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:04 Capricorn
- 05:04 – 07:22 Aquarius
- 07:22 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:24 Gemini
- 16:24 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:39 next day Sagittarius
- 02:39 – 05:00 next day Capricorn
- 05:00 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
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