Durban panchang, 31 May 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 12:15 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:10
- 09:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:03 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:29
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:26 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 16:36
- Karana Vishti until 09:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:42 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:48
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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:26 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 11:36 Cancer
- 11:36 – 13:02 Leo
- 13:02 – 14:25 Virgo
- 14:25 – 15:59 Libra
- 15:59 – 17:54 Scorpio
- 17:54 – 20:09 Sagittarius
- 20:09 – 22:31 Capricorn
- 22:31 – 00:49 next day Aquarius
- 00:49 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 06:44 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