Durban panchang, 19 May 2028
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 01:54 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
06:37 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:48
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:07 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:51 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:45
- Karana Vishti until 06:41, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:40 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- 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 06:41 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:41 Gemini
- 10:41 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 13:49 Leo
- 13:49 – 15:12 Virgo
- 15:12 – 16:47 Libra
- 16:47 – 18:42 Scorpio
- 18:42 – 20:57 Sagittarius
- 20:57 – 23:18 Capricorn
- 23:18 – 01:36 next day Aquarius
- 01:36 – 03:54 next day Pisces
- 03:54 – 06:15 next day Aries
- 06:15 – 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