Durban panchang, 16 June 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 00:37 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
06:50 to 17:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:46
- 08:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:19 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:36, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:46
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 21:32 – 06:51 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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:07 – 21:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:07 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:48 Taurus
- 06:48 – 08:51 Gemini
- 08:51 – 10:33 Cancer
- 10:33 – 11:59 Leo
- 11:59 – 13:22 Virgo
- 13:22 – 14:56 Libra
- 14:56 – 16:51 Scorpio
- 16:51 – 19:06 Sagittarius
- 19:06 – 21:28 Capricorn
- 21:28 – 23:46 Aquarius
- 23:46 – 02:04 next day Pisces
- 02:04 – 04:25 next day Aries
- 04:25 – 06:44 next day Taurus
- 06:44 – 06:51 next day Gemini
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