Durban panchang, 5 March 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 14:06 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
05:50 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:23
- 10:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:23 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:25
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:30 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 14:24
- Karana Balava until 10:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:23
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:30 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:35 Aquarius
- 06:35 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 11:14 Aries
- 11:14 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:36 Gemini
- 15:36 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 23:36 Scorpio
- 23:36 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:51 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