Durban panchang, 5 June 2028
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 15:25 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:02 to 06:47 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:19
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 00:42 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:19, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 21:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
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 06:46 – 21:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:30 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:47 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 07:31 Taurus
- 07:31 – 09:35 Gemini
- 09:35 – 11:16 Cancer
- 11:16 – 12:42 Leo
- 12:42 – 14:06 Virgo
- 14:06 – 15:40 Libra
- 15:40 – 17:35 Scorpio
- 17:35 – 19:50 Sagittarius
- 19:50 – 22:11 Capricorn
- 22:11 – 00:30 next day Aquarius
- 00:30 – 02:47 next day Pisces
- 02:47 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 06:47 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