Durban panchang, 24 August 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 08:37 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
06:20 to 17:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 06:41 Moon enters Libra
- 08:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:35 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:41 Moon enters Libra
- 08:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- 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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:45 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:11 – 17:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:35 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:11 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:35 Sagittarius
- 14:35 – 16:56 Capricorn
- 16:56 – 19:15 Aquarius
- 19:15 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 02:12 next day Taurus
- 02:12 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 05:57 next day Cancer
- 05:57 – 06:19 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