Durban panchang, 8 September 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 21:53 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
06:03 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:16
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:00
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:44 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:44 – 05:20 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. 04:24 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 17:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 06:28 Leo
- 06:28 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:21 Scorpio
- 11:21 – 13:36 Sagittarius
- 13:36 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 18:16 Aquarius
- 18:16 – 20:34 Pisces
- 20:34 – 22:54 Aries
- 22:54 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 06:02 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