Durban panchang, 27 September 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 12:35 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:18
- 08:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:54 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 06:25 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:48 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:34 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:28, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
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. 04:05 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:21 Sagittarius
- 12:21 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 19:19 Pisces
- 19:19 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:59 Taurus
- 23:59 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 05:38 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