Durban panchang, 6 July 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 16:57 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
06:52 to 17:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:05
- 07:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:12 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 04:46 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:46 – 04:48 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. 05:03 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:51 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:51 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:29 Taurus
- 05:29 – 07:33 Gemini
- 07:33 – 09:14 Cancer
- 09:14 – 10:40 Leo
- 10:40 – 12:04 Virgo
- 12:04 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:33 Scorpio
- 15:33 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 20:09 Capricorn
- 20:09 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 00:45 next day Pisces
- 00:45 – 03:06 next day Aries
- 03:06 – 05:25 next day Taurus
- 05:25 – 06:52 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