Durban panchang, 11 May 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 19:24 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
06:32 to 17:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:04
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:11 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:22
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 11:51
- Karana Vishti until 18:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:04
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 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 17:11 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:51 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:32 next day | Good |
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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 12:54 Cancer
- 12:54 – 14:20 Leo
- 14:20 – 15:44 Virgo
- 15:44 – 17:18 Libra
- 17:18 – 19:13 Scorpio
- 19:13 – 21:28 Sagittarius
- 21:28 – 23:49 Capricorn
- 23:49 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 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