Durban panchang, 7 April 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 16:17 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
06:11 to 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:17
- 08:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:03
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 13:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:43, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:17
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 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 13:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 13:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:27 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:11 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 11:23 Taurus
- 11:23 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 16:34 Leo
- 16:34 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:27 Scorpio
- 21:27 – 23:42 Sagittarius
- 23:42 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 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