Durban panchang, 27 March 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:04 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:34
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:57 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:16 Moon enters Aries
- 20:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 00:22 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:13, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:16 Moon enters Aries
- 20:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:22 – 00:09 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. 04:27 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:47 Aries
- 09:47 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:05 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