Durban panchang, 9 December 2028
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:47 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:49 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:18
- 07:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:47 to 04:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:35
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 13:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 23:12
- Karana Balava until 07:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:48 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:10 – 04:49 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. 03:28 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:35 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:18 | Good |
| Rog | 08:18 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:53 Aries
- 16:53 – 19:12 Taurus
- 19:12 – 21:15 Gemini
- 21:15 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
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