Durban panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:08 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
06:25 to 17:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:33
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:53 Moon enters Leo
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:33 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:43
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:53 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 21:37
- Karana Naga until 12:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:53 Moon enters Leo
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:44 – 11:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:33
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:33 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:47 – 06:23 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:17 Cancer
- 06:17 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 09:07 Virgo
- 09:07 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 12:36 Scorpio
- 12:36 – 14:51 Sagittarius
- 14:51 – 17:12 Capricorn
- 17:12 – 19:31 Aquarius
- 19:31 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 00:09 next day Aries
- 00:09 – 02:28 next day Taurus
- 02:28 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 06:13 next day Cancer
- 06:13 – 06:23 next day Leo
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