Durban panchang, 9 August 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 21:14 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
06:35 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:22
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:26
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:06 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:46
- Karana Balava until 19:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 06:34 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. 04:50 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:19 Gemini
- 05:19 – 07:00 Cancer
- 07:00 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 09:50 Virgo
- 09:50 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:19 Scorpio
- 13:19 – 15:34 Sagittarius
- 15:34 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 03:11 next day Taurus
- 03:11 – 05:15 next day Gemini
- 05:15 – 06:34 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