Durban panchang, 13 October 2028
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 01:52 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
05:20 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:28
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:43
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:09 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:30
- Karana Vanija until 10:53, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:53 – 21:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 03:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 05:19 next day
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. 03:50 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:43 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:20 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:11 Leo
- 04:11 – 05:35 Virgo
- 05:35 – 07:09 Libra
- 07:09 – 09:04 Scorpio
- 09:04 – 11:19 Sagittarius
- 11:19 – 13:40 Capricorn
- 13:40 – 15:58 Aquarius
- 15:58 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:56 Taurus
- 22:56 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 05:19 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