Durban panchang, 4 September 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 18:17 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
06:08 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 06:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:41 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:38 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 04:14 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:47
- Karana Balava until 15:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:38 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:47 – 00:47 next day
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 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
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:06 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 09:42 Libra
- 09:42 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:52 Sagittarius
- 13:52 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 18:32 Aquarius
- 18:32 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 06:06 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