Durban panchang, 31 August 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 14:40 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
06:12 to 17:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
Night
17:39 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:27
- Karana Balava until 19:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:39 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 08:24 Virgo
- 08:24 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 11:53 Scorpio
- 11:53 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 18:48 Aquarius
- 18:48 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 23:26 Aries
- 23:26 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 05:30 next day Cancer
- 05:30 – 06:11 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