Durban panchang, 22 July 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 06:54 Shravana 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 17:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:39
- 15:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:17 to 06:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:56 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:33
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:39
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. 04:59 – 05:53
- 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 17:17 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:47 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 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:30 Gemini
- 06:30 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 09:37 Leo
- 09:37 – 11:01 Virgo
- 11:01 – 12:35 Libra
- 12:35 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:45 Sagittarius
- 16:45 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 21:25 Aquarius
- 21:25 – 23:42 Pisces
- 23:42 – 02:03 next day Aries
- 02:03 – 04:22 next day Taurus
- 04:22 – 06:26 next day Gemini
- 06:26 – 06:47 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