Durban panchang, 20 July 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 05:13 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
06:48 to 17:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:15 to 06:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:18 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:07, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:01 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:06 – 07:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 03:13 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 – 05:54
- 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 17:15 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:13 – 06:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:13 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:48 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:38 Gemini
- 06:38 – 08:19 Cancer
- 08:19 – 09:45 Leo
- 09:45 – 11:09 Virgo
- 11:09 – 12:43 Libra
- 12:43 – 14:38 Scorpio
- 14:38 – 16:53 Sagittarius
- 16:53 – 19:14 Capricorn
- 19:14 – 21:33 Aquarius
- 21:33 – 23:50 Pisces
- 23:50 – 02:11 next day Aries
- 02:11 – 04:30 next day Taurus
- 04:30 – 06:34 next day Gemini
- 06:34 – 06:48 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