Durban panchang, 23 March 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 03:30 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
06:02 to 18:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:37
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:01 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:04 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:29
- Karana Gara until 12:46, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:04 – 15:17 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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 10:03 Aries
- 10:03 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 03:02 next day Capricorn
- 03:02 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:02 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