Durban panchang, 24 February 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 04:42 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 18:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:59
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:33 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:57
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:35 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 16:17
- Karana Shakuni until 09:57, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:59
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 – 04:59
- 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 18:33 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:57 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:56 Capricorn
- 04:56 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:53 Aries
- 11:53 – 14:12 Taurus
- 14:12 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 17:57 Cancer
- 17:57 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:52 next day Capricorn
- 04:52 – 05:44 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