Durban panchang, 19 April 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 01:24 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
06:18 to 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:18
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:30 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 14:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 05:05 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:15 – 12:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 14:49
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:30 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:36 Taurus
- 10:36 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 20:40 Scorpio
- 20:40 – 22:54 Sagittarius
- 22:54 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 06:19 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