Durban panchang, 8 October 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 22:39 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
05:26 to 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 18:00
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:00 to 05:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:12 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 04:46 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:27
- Karana Kaulava until 13:50, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:27 – 06:58 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:00
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. 03:55 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:46 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:31 Leo
- 04:31 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:23 Scorpio
- 09:23 – 11:38 Sagittarius
- 11:38 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 04:27 next day Leo
- 04:27 – 05:25 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