Durban panchang, 11 December 2028
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 00:50 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 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 16:01
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:49 to 04:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Moon enters Libra
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:02
- Karana Vishti until 14:03, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:14 Moon enters Libra
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 16:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:04 – 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. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 19:04 Taurus
- 19:04 – 21:08 Gemini
- 21:08 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 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