Durban panchang, 19 December 2028
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 07:56 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:52 to 18:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 17:08
- 15:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:54 to 04:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:15 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:57 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:51
- Karana Vanija until 15:40, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:08
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. 03:32 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:52 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 17:08 | Good |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
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
- 04:52 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:40 Scorpio
- 04:40 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 16:13 Aries
- 16:13 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
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