Durban panchang, 3 September 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 17:24 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
06:09 to 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:41
- 12:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:41 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:23 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:49
- Karana Vishti until 12:34, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:22 – 12:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:41
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:35 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:22 Cancer
- 05:22 – 06:48 Leo
- 06:48 – 08:12 Virgo
- 08:12 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 11:41 Scorpio
- 11:41 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 16:17 Capricorn
- 16:17 – 18:36 Aquarius
- 18:36 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 23:14 Aries
- 23:14 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:37 next day Gemini
- 03:37 – 05:18 next day Cancer
- 05:18 – 06:08 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