Durban panchang, 18 June 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 02:28 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
06:51 to 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:02
- 11:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 18:54 – 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 – 05:56
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 18:54
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:40 Taurus
- 06:40 – 08:44 Gemini
- 08:44 – 10:25 Cancer
- 10:25 – 11:51 Leo
- 11:51 – 13:15 Virgo
- 13:15 – 14:49 Libra
- 14:49 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:59 Sagittarius
- 18:59 – 21:20 Capricorn
- 21:20 – 23:38 Aquarius
- 23:38 – 01:56 next day Pisces
- 01:56 – 04:17 next day Aries
- 04:17 – 06:36 next day Taurus
- 06:36 – 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