Durban panchang, 19 March 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:06 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
05:59 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:06
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:06 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:47
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 18:38
- Karana Gara until 15:47, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:38 – 07:02 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. 04:24 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:40 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:58 Pisces
- 07:58 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:38 Taurus
- 12:38 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 16:23 Cancer
- 16:23 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 22:41 Scorpio
- 22:41 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 03:18 next day Capricorn
- 03:18 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 06:00 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