Durban panchang, 30 March 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 10:00 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
06:06 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:32
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:06 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:00
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 22:46
- Karana Vishti until 11:00, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:06 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:32
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:18 – 06:07 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. 04:28 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:00 – 06:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:18 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:54 Taurus
- 11:54 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 15:39 Cancer
- 15:39 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:07 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