Durban panchang, 6 April 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 15:41 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
06:10 to 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:26
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:45 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 06:14
- Karana Bava until 11:57, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:37
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:14 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:30 – 13:23
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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:12 Cancer
- 15:12 – 16:38 Leo
- 16:38 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 02:07 next day Capricorn
- 02:07 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 06:11 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