Durban panchang, 5 November 2028
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 21:29 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
04:59 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:20
- 10:17 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 04:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:03
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:17 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 11:42
- Karana Vishti until 14:03, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:17 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:20
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. 03:33 – 04:16
- 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 18:20 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:39 – 08:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:04 Virgo
- 04:04 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:33 Scorpio
- 07:33 – 09:48 Sagittarius
- 09:48 – 12:09 Capricorn
- 12:09 – 14:28 Aquarius
- 14:28 – 16:46 Pisces
- 16:46 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:25 Taurus
- 21:25 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 01:10 next day Cancer
- 01:10 – 02:37 next day Leo
- 02:37 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 04:58 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