Durban panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 03:48 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
05:43 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:45
- 07:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:34 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:14
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:28 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 15:17
- Karana Vanija until 07:14, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:17 – 03:47 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:28 – 05:43 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. 04:14 – 04:58
- 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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:57 Aries
- 11:57 – 14:16 Taurus
- 14:16 – 16:20 Gemini
- 16:20 – 18:01 Cancer
- 18:01 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 20:51 Virgo
- 20:51 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:20 next day Scorpio
- 00:20 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 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