Durban panchang, 26 February 2028
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 06:28 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:45 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:20
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:31 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:49 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 15:10
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:31 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 18:07
- Karana Bava until 15:10, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:49 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:20
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 – 05:00
- 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 18:31 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:31 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:48 Capricorn
- 04:48 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 14:04 Taurus
- 14:04 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 17:49 Cancer
- 17:49 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 20:39 Virgo
- 20:39 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 05:46 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