Durban panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 13:39 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
06:27 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:13
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:17 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:11
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:19 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:20
- Karana Kaulava until 13:11, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
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. 04:42 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:01 Pisces
- 05:01 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 17:49 Libra
- 17:49 – 19:44 Scorpio
- 19:44 – 21:59 Sagittarius
- 21:59 – 00:21 next day Capricorn
- 00:21 – 02:39 next day Aquarius
- 02:39 – 04:57 next day Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:27 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