Durban panchang, 28 August 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:48 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
06:16 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:16 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:38 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:20
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:25
- Karana Kaulava until 15:20, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:16 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:12 Leo
- 07:12 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:04 Scorpio
- 12:04 – 14:19 Sagittarius
- 14:19 – 16:41 Capricorn
- 16:41 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 21:17 Pisces
- 21:17 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:57 next day Taurus
- 01:57 – 04:00 next day Gemini
- 04:00 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 06:15 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