Durban panchang, 5 October 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 19:47 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
05:30 to 17:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:30 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:28
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:58 to 05:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:28
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:07
- Karana Taitila until 09:33, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:28
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:03 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:58 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:28 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
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:42 Leo
- 04:42 – 06:06 Virgo
- 06:06 – 07:40 Libra
- 07:40 – 09:35 Scorpio
- 09:35 – 11:50 Sagittarius
- 11:50 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 18:48 Pisces
- 18:48 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:27 Taurus
- 23:27 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 05:28 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