Durban panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 03:09 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
06:19 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:05
- 13:58 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:28 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 06:36 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:34, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:05
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:28 Taurus
- 10:28 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:47 Sagittarius
- 22:47 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 06:20 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