Durban panchang, 3 October 2028
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 17:57 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
05:32 to 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:24
- 05:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:57 to 05:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:25 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:25
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:18 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:49
- Karana Bava until 18:25, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 18:18 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:25 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:24
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. 03:59 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 18:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 18:18
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Char | 08:38 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Rog | 16:24 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:24 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:50 Leo
- 04:50 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 07:48 Libra
- 07:48 – 09:43 Scorpio
- 09:43 – 11:58 Sagittarius
- 11:58 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:55 Pisces
- 18:55 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:39 next day Gemini
- 01:39 – 03:20 next day Cancer
- 03:20 – 04:46 next day Leo
- 04:46 – 05:31 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