Durban panchang, 5 August 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 17:42 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
06:38 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:43
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 10:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:25 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 10:09
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:12
- Karana Bava until 10:09, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 10:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
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. 04:52 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:25 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 18:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:35 Gemini
- 05:35 – 07:16 Cancer
- 07:16 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:35 Scorpio
- 13:35 – 15:50 Sagittarius
- 15:50 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 20:30 Aquarius
- 20:30 – 22:47 Pisces
- 22:47 – 01:08 next day Aries
- 01:08 – 03:27 next day Taurus
- 03:27 – 05:31 next day Gemini
- 05:31 – 06:38 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