Durban panchang, 23 July 2028
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 07:36 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
06:47 to 17:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:17
- 12:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:17 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:40 Moon enters Leo
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:40 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:40
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:40 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:51
- Karana Balava until 12:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:40 Moon enters Leo
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:51 – 11:04 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:17
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
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:26 Gemini
- 06:26 – 08:07 Cancer
- 08:07 – 09:33 Leo
- 09:33 – 10:57 Virgo
- 10:57 – 12:31 Libra
- 12:31 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:41 Sagittarius
- 16:41 – 19:02 Capricorn
- 19:02 – 21:21 Aquarius
- 21:21 – 23:38 Pisces
- 23:38 – 01:59 next day Aries
- 01:59 – 04:18 next day Taurus
- 04:18 – 06:22 next day Gemini
- 06:22 – 06:46 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