Durban panchang, 24 May 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 06:43 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
06:40 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 10:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:10
- Karana Naga until 10:16, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:53 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:05 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 11:17
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 11:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:17 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 08:18 Taurus
- 08:18 – 10:22 Gemini
- 10:22 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 13:29 Leo
- 13:29 – 14:53 Virgo
- 14:53 – 16:27 Libra
- 16:27 – 18:22 Scorpio
- 18:22 – 20:37 Sagittarius
- 20:37 – 22:58 Capricorn
- 22:58 – 01:17 next day Aquarius
- 01:17 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:55 next day Aries
- 05:55 – 06:40 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