Durban panchang, 30 April 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 11:39 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
06:25 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:20
- 07:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:20 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:24 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:12 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:20
- Karana Kaulava until 07:41, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:24 Moon enters Cancer
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:20 – 23:20
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. 04:40 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 03:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:12 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:47 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:04 Leo
- 15:04 – 16:27 Virgo
- 16:27 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 19:56 Scorpio
- 19:56 – 22:11 Sagittarius
- 22:11 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:25 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