Durban panchang, 13 August 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 00:00 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
06:31 to 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:29
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:29 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:07 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:31
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:29
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:31 – 13:08
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. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:03 Gemini
- 05:03 – 06:45 Cancer
- 06:45 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 13:03 Scorpio
- 13:03 – 15:18 Sagittarius
- 15:18 – 17:40 Capricorn
- 17:40 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 22:16 Pisces
- 22:16 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:56 next day Taurus
- 02:56 – 04:59 next day Gemini
- 04:59 – 06:31 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