Durban panchang, 6 September 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 20:02 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
06:05 to 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:21
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:19 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:42 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:39
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 00:34 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:39, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:19 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:49 – 08:56 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:19 – 06:04 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. 04:26 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:10 Cancer
- 05:10 – 06:36 Leo
- 06:36 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:29 Scorpio
- 11:29 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 18:24 Aquarius
- 18:24 – 20:42 Pisces
- 20:42 – 23:02 Aries
- 23:02 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:25 next day Gemini
- 03:25 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 06:04 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