Durban panchang, 11 September 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:45 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
05:59 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:45 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 00:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:40, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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. 04:21 – 05:10
- 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 17:45 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 22:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:41 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:41 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:09 Scorpio
- 11:09 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:46 Capricorn
- 15:46 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 20:22 Pisces
- 20:22 – 22:43 Aries
- 22:43 – 01:02 next day Taurus
- 01:02 – 03:05 next day Gemini
- 03:05 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 05:58 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