Durban panchang, 10 May 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 18:27 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 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:12
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:12 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 13:26
- Karana Taitila until 07:21, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
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. 04:45 – 05:38
- 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 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:31 – 12:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 12:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 18:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:32 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 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 14:24 Leo
- 14:24 – 15:48 Virgo
- 15:48 – 17:22 Libra
- 17:22 – 19:17 Scorpio
- 19:17 – 21:32 Sagittarius
- 21:32 – 23:53 Capricorn
- 23:53 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 06:32 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