Durban panchang, 29 August 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 12:45 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
06:15 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:13
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:01
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:38 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 19:01
- Karana Gara until 16:01, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:13
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- 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 06:15 – 17:38
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:39 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 07:08 Leo
- 07:08 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 18:55 Aquarius
- 18:55 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 23:34 Aries
- 23:34 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 05:38 next day Cancer
- 05:38 – 06:14 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