Durban panchang, 12 March 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 19:00 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
05:55 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:14
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:42 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:14 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:54 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:04
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:31 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 08:41
- Karana Taitila until 09:42, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:54 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:14
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. 04:22 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:55 – 21:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 21:31
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:08 Aquarius
- 06:08 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 10:46 Aries
- 10:46 – 13:05 Taurus
- 13:05 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 16:50 Cancer
- 16:50 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:24 next day Sagittarius
- 01:24 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:56 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