Durban panchang, 25 February 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 05:36 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
05:44 to 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:56
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:37 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 04:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 17:15
- Karana Naga until 12:37, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:37 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:56
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. 04:15 – 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 18:32 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:37 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:44 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:52 Capricorn
- 04:52 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 09:28 Pisces
- 09:28 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 14:08 Taurus
- 14:08 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 20:43 Virgo
- 20:43 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 05:45 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