Durban panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 16:31 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 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:39
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:26 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:39
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:19 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 13:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:53 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 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 08:41 Pisces
- 08:41 – 11:02 Aries
- 11:02 – 13:21 Taurus
- 13:21 – 15:25 Gemini
- 15:25 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:53 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