Durban panchang, 30 October 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 15:51 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
05:03 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:42 – 08:21
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:37
- 05:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:15 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:50 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:39
- Karana Balava until 05:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:37
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. 03:37 – 04:20
- 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 18:15 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:50 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:28 Virgo
- 04:28 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:12 Sagittarius
- 10:12 – 12:33 Capricorn
- 12:33 – 14:52 Aquarius
- 14:52 – 17:09 Pisces
- 17:09 – 19:30 Aries
- 19:30 – 21:49 Taurus
- 21:49 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:00 next day Leo
- 03:00 – 04:24 next day Virgo
- 04:24 – 05:03 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