Durban panchang, 6 March 2028
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 15:00 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
05:51 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:51
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:31 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:31
- Nakshatra Ardra until 15:25 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:51
- Karana Taitila until 08:33, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:51
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 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:31 Aquarius
- 06:31 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 11:10 Aries
- 11:10 – 13:29 Taurus
- 13:29 – 15:32 Gemini
- 15:32 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:52 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