Durban panchang, 8 May 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 16:46 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
06:30 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:05
- 10:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:14 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:48 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:48
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:10
- Karana Vishti until 10:53, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:48 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:07 – 18:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:05
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- 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 17:14 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 15:56 Virgo
- 15:56 – 17:30 Libra
- 17:30 – 19:25 Scorpio
- 19:25 – 21:40 Sagittarius
- 21:40 – 00:01 next day Capricorn
- 00:01 – 02:20 next day Aquarius
- 02:20 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 06:31 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