Durban panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 06:46 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:59
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 17:25
- Karana Bava until 08:59, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Char | 17:34 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 10:37 Libra
- 10:37 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 19:27 Aquarius
- 19:27 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:24 next day Taurus
- 02:24 – 04:28 next day Gemini
- 04:28 – 06:09 next day Cancer
- 06:09 – 06:22 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