Durban panchang, 25 March 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 05:16 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
06:03 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:00
- 07:01 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:59 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 23:57
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:31, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:01 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- 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 17:59 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:17 Aquarius
- 05:17 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 18:49 Virgo
- 18:49 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 05:13 next day Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:04 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