Durban panchang, 13 September 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:40 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
05:57 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:20
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:46 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:55
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:48 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Gara until 13:55, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:38 – 21:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
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. 04:19 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:55 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:43 Cancer
- 04:43 – 06:09 Leo
- 06:09 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:38 Capricorn
- 15:38 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:54 next day Taurus
- 00:54 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 05:55 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