Durban panchang, 7 March 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:48 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
05:52 to 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:47
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:48
- Karana Vanija until 06:19, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:12 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:18 – 07:42 next day
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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 18:20 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:25 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 11:06 Aries
- 11:06 – 13:25 Taurus
- 13:25 – 15:28 Gemini
- 15:28 – 17:10 Cancer
- 17:10 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 04:05 next day Capricorn
- 04:05 – 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