Durban panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 01:01 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
06:36 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:07 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:41 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:02
- Karana Vanija until 17:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:06 – 14:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:02 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:36 – 21:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:42 – 06:41 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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:42 Taurus
- 08:42 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 13:53 Leo
- 13:53 – 15:16 Virgo
- 15:16 – 16:51 Libra
- 16:51 – 18:46 Scorpio
- 18:46 – 21:00 Sagittarius
- 21:00 – 23:22 Capricorn
- 23:22 – 01:40 next day Aquarius
- 01:40 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 06:19 next day Aries
- 06:19 – 06:37 next day Taurus
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