Durban panchang, 13 March 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 19:39 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
05:56 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:46
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:24 Moon enters Libra
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:09
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:33 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:33, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:24 Moon enters Libra
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:33 – 05:09 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 19:25
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 – 05:09
- 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 18:13 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 08:21 Pisces
- 08:21 – 10:42 Aries
- 10:42 – 13:01 Taurus
- 13:01 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 16:46 Cancer
- 16:46 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 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