Durban panchang, 1 September 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 15:36 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
06:11 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:14
- 08:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:05
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:05
- Karana Kaulava until 08:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:05 – 22:29
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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 00:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:33 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:30 Cancer
- 05:30 – 06:56 Leo
- 06:56 – 08:20 Virgo
- 08:20 – 09:54 Libra
- 09:54 – 11:49 Scorpio
- 11:49 – 14:04 Sagittarius
- 14:04 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 18:44 Aquarius
- 18:44 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:41 next day Taurus
- 01:41 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 05:26 next day Cancer
- 05:26 – 06:10 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