Durban panchang, 15 August 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 01:59 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
06:30 to 17:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:08
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:30 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:42 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 14:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:36
- Karana Vanija until 14:05, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- 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 17:30 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:52 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:03 Leo
- 08:03 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:01 Libra
- 11:01 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 00:29 next day Aries
- 00:29 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 06:29 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