Durban panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 19:46 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
06:14 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:21
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:42 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 03:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:38 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:42 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:42 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:42 – 03:42 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:21
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:14 – 02:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 02:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:07 Scorpio
- 21:07 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 06:14 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