Durban panchang, 24 April 2028
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 05:54 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
06:21 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:13
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:22 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:25 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:46
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:24 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:48
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:22, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:22 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:13
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:39 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 10:16 Taurus
- 10:16 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 15:27 Leo
- 15:27 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 18:25 Libra
- 18:25 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:35 Sagittarius
- 22:35 – 00:56 next day Capricorn
- 00:56 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 06:22 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