Durban panchang, 9 May 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 17:34 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
06:31 to 17:13- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:53
- 07:16 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:13 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:02 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:02
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:01 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 15:34
- Karana Balava until 08:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:16 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:01 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:34 – 02:30 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. 04:44 – 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 17:13 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Char | 09:11 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:21 Gemini
- 11:21 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 14:28 Leo
- 14:28 – 15:52 Virgo
- 15:52 – 17:26 Libra
- 17:26 – 19:21 Scorpio
- 19:21 – 21:36 Sagittarius
- 21:36 – 23:57 Capricorn
- 23:57 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 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