Durban panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 22:28 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
06:51 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:19
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:27 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:45
- Karana Gara until 18:41, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:12 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:05 Taurus
- 05:05 – 07:09 Gemini
- 07:09 – 08:50 Cancer
- 08:50 – 10:17 Leo
- 10:17 – 11:40 Virgo
- 11:40 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:24 Sagittarius
- 17:24 – 19:46 Capricorn
- 19:46 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 00:22 next day Pisces
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Aries
- 02:42 – 05:02 next day Taurus
- 05:02 – 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