Durban panchang, 12 May 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 20:23 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:51
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:11 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:38
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 10:52
- Karana Balava until 18:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:51
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. 04:46 – 05:39
- 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 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 14:16 Leo
- 14:16 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:14 Libra
- 17:14 – 19:09 Scorpio
- 19:09 – 21:24 Sagittarius
- 21:24 – 23:45 Capricorn
- 23:45 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:33 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