Durban panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 07:53 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:16
- 09:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:24 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:17
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:24 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 04:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 04:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 22:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:04 – 06:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:04 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:48 next day Capricorn
- 00:48 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:23 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