Durban panchang, 28 September 2028
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 13:31 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
05:38 to 17:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:54 to 05:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 06:25
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:30 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:13 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:25, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:27
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. 04:04 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:10 Leo
- 05:10 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 10:03 Scorpio
- 10:03 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 16:57 Aquarius
- 16:57 – 19:15 Pisces
- 19:15 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:55 Taurus
- 23:55 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 03:40 next day Cancer
- 03:40 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 05:37 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