Durban panchang, 4 June 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:40 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
06:46 to 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:02
- 11:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:02 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:59
- Nakshatra Swati until 22:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 02:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:23 – 16:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:15 – 06:46 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. 04:56 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:15 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:39 Gemini
- 09:39 – 11:20 Cancer
- 11:20 – 12:46 Leo
- 12:46 – 14:10 Virgo
- 14:10 – 15:44 Libra
- 15:44 – 17:39 Scorpio
- 17:39 – 19:54 Sagittarius
- 19:54 – 22:15 Capricorn
- 22:15 – 00:34 next day Aquarius
- 00:34 – 02:51 next day Pisces
- 02:51 – 05:12 next day Aries
- 05:12 – 06:46 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