Durban panchang, 14 March 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 20:21 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 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:40
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:12 to 05:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:45
- Karana Balava until 14:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:40
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. 04:23 – 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 18:12 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 08:17 Pisces
- 08:17 – 10:38 Aries
- 10:38 – 12:57 Taurus
- 12:57 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 19:32 Virgo
- 19:32 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:01 Scorpio
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:56 next day Aquarius
- 05:56 – 05:57 next day Pisces
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