Durban panchang, 17 September 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 04:38 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
05:52 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:48
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:48 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 08:37
- Karana Vishti until 14:10, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:00 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:48
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:27 Cancer
- 04:27 – 05:53 Leo
- 05:53 – 07:17 Virgo
- 07:17 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 10:46 Scorpio
- 10:46 – 13:01 Sagittarius
- 13:01 – 15:22 Capricorn
- 15:22 – 17:41 Aquarius
- 17:41 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 22:19 Aries
- 22:19 – 00:38 next day Taurus
- 00:38 – 02:42 next day Gemini
- 02:42 – 04:23 next day Cancer
- 04:23 – 05:49 next day Leo
- 05:49 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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