Durban panchang, 28 October 2028
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 14:06 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
05:05 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:05 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 05:05 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:56
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:51 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:53
- Karana Vanija until 13:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:05 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:34 – 02:51 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. 03:38 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:05 – 19:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:22 | Good |
| Rog | 08:22 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:36 Virgo
- 04:36 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:05 Scorpio
- 08:05 – 10:20 Sagittarius
- 10:20 – 12:41 Capricorn
- 12:41 – 14:59 Aquarius
- 14:59 – 17:17 Pisces
- 17:17 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 01:42 next day Cancer
- 01:42 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 05:04 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