Durban panchang, 25 October 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 11:24 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
05:08 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:18
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:11 to 05:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:55
- Karana Vishti until 06:53, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:55 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:18
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. 03:40 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:47 Virgo
- 04:47 – 06:21 Libra
- 06:21 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:31 Sagittarius
- 10:31 – 12:53 Capricorn
- 12:53 – 15:11 Aquarius
- 15:11 – 17:29 Pisces
- 17:29 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 22:09 Taurus
- 22:09 – 00:12 next day Gemini
- 00:12 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 03:20 next day Leo
- 03:20 – 04:43 next day Virgo
- 04:43 – 05:07 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