Durban panchang, 17 July 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 02:12 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
06:50 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:33 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 09:19
- Karana Vishti until 13:16, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:19 – 11:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
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. 05:01 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:49 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:49 Gemini
- 06:49 – 08:31 Cancer
- 08:31 – 09:57 Leo
- 09:57 – 11:21 Virgo
- 11:21 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 14:50 Scorpio
- 14:50 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 19:26 Capricorn
- 19:26 – 21:44 Aquarius
- 21:44 – 00:02 next day Pisces
- 00:02 – 02:23 next day Aries
- 02:23 – 04:42 next day Taurus
- 04:42 – 06:46 next day Gemini
- 06:46 – 06:49 next day Cancer
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