Durban panchang, 7 August 2028
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 19:29 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
06:37 to 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:26 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 14:34
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:49
- Karana Gara until 14:34, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:49 – 17:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:46 – 17:00 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. 04:51 – 05:44
- 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 17:26 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:27 Gemini
- 05:27 – 07:08 Cancer
- 07:08 – 08:34 Leo
- 08:34 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 11:32 Libra
- 11:32 – 13:27 Scorpio
- 13:27 – 15:42 Sagittarius
- 15:42 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 01:00 next day Aries
- 01:00 – 03:19 next day Taurus
- 03:19 – 05:23 next day Gemini
- 05:23 – 06:36 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