Durban panchang, 2 August 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 14:50 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
06:41 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- 12:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:23 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:55 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:01 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:32
- Karana Kaulava until 18:21, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:58 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:32 – 13:44
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:01 – 19:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:47 Gemini
- 05:47 – 07:28 Cancer
- 07:28 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 10:18 Virgo
- 10:18 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 13:47 Scorpio
- 13:47 – 16:02 Sagittarius
- 16:02 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 20:42 Aquarius
- 20:42 – 22:59 Pisces
- 22:59 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:39 next day Taurus
- 03:39 – 05:43 next day Gemini
- 05:43 – 06:40 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