Durban panchang, 19 October 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 05:45 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:14 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:32
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:07 to 05:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:29
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 18:13
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:32
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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:47 Leo
- 03:47 – 05:11 Virgo
- 05:11 – 06:45 Libra
- 06:45 – 08:40 Scorpio
- 08:40 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 13:16 Capricorn
- 13:16 – 15:35 Aquarius
- 15:35 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:32 Taurus
- 22:32 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:07 next day Virgo
- 05:07 – 05:13 next day Libra
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