Durban panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 04:23 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 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:30
- 10:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:00 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:54 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 15:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:04 – 15:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:10 – 17:25
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:21 Aquarius
- 05:21 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:03 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