Durban panchang, 5 May 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 14:48 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
06:28 to 17:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 15:55
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:16 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:03
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:57
- Karana Vishti until 08:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:24 – 03:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:37 – 04:49 next day
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 08:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:16 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 14:44 Leo
- 14:44 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 17:42 Libra
- 17:42 – 19:37 Scorpio
- 19:37 – 21:52 Sagittarius
- 21:52 – 00:13 next day Capricorn
- 00:13 – 02:31 next day Aquarius
- 02:31 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:29 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