Durban panchang, 1 October 2028
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 16:12 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
05:34 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:56
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:56 to 05:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:57 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:35
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 04:57 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:35, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:57 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 06:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:44 – 08:59
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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:27 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:58 Leo
- 04:58 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 12:06 Sagittarius
- 12:06 – 14:27 Capricorn
- 14:27 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 21:24 Aries
- 21:24 – 23:43 Taurus
- 23:43 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 05:33 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