Durban panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 23:34 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
06:16 to 17:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:34
- 12:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:34 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:43 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 02:11 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:34
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:34 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:48 Taurus
- 10:48 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 20:51 Scorpio
- 20:51 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 06:04 next day Pisces
- 06:04 – 06:17 next day Aries
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