Durban panchang, 11 October 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 00:24 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
05:23 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- 05:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:49 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:25 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:49 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:49 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
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. 03:52 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 05:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:21 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:19 Leo
- 04:19 – 05:42 Virgo
- 05:42 – 07:16 Libra
- 07:16 – 09:11 Scorpio
- 09:11 – 11:26 Sagittarius
- 11:26 – 13:48 Capricorn
- 13:48 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 18:24 Pisces
- 18:24 – 20:45 Aries
- 20:45 – 23:04 Taurus
- 23:04 – 01:07 next day Gemini
- 01:07 – 02:49 next day Cancer
- 02:49 – 04:15 next day Leo
- 04:15 – 05:21 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