Durban panchang, 10 September 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 23:48 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
06:00 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:44
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:44 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:59
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:34 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 01:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:59, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:40 – 02:52 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:54 Cancer
- 04:54 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 07:44 Virgo
- 07:44 – 09:18 Libra
- 09:18 – 11:13 Scorpio
- 11:13 – 13:28 Sagittarius
- 13:28 – 15:50 Capricorn
- 15:50 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 20:26 Pisces
- 20:26 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 01:06 next day Taurus
- 01:06 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 04:51 next day Cancer
- 04:51 – 05:59 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