Durban panchang, 1 April 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 11:59 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
06:07 to 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:55
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:51 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:43
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:00
- Karana Taitila until 10:43, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:55
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 22:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:31 Cancer
- 15:31 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 21:50 Scorpio
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Sagittarius
- 00:05 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:08 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