Durban panchang, 4 July 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 15:02 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:50
- 06:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:50 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:43 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 06:56
- Karana Kaulava until 07:34, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:50 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:50
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 04:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:37 Taurus
- 05:37 – 07:41 Gemini
- 07:41 – 09:22 Cancer
- 09:22 – 10:48 Leo
- 10:48 – 12:12 Virgo
- 12:12 – 13:46 Libra
- 13:46 – 15:41 Scorpio
- 15:41 – 17:56 Sagittarius
- 17:56 – 20:17 Capricorn
- 20:17 – 22:36 Aquarius
- 22:36 – 00:53 next day Pisces
- 00:53 – 03:14 next day Aries
- 03:14 – 05:33 next day Taurus
- 05:33 – 06:53 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