Durban panchang, 10 August 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 22:08 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
06:34 to 17:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:17
- 08:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:28 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:43 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:43
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:52 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:39
- Karana Kaulava until 08:36, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:43 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:39 – 19:39
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. 04:49 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:28 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 06:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:06 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:06 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:15 Gemini
- 05:15 – 06:56 Cancer
- 06:56 – 08:23 Leo
- 08:23 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:15 Scorpio
- 13:15 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:52 Capricorn
- 17:52 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 03:08 next day Taurus
- 03:08 – 05:11 next day Gemini
- 05:11 – 06:33 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