Durban panchang, 28 December 2028
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 16:11 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
04:57 to 18:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:57 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:09
- 06:04 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 04:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:59 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:43 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:29, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:04 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:59 – 04:57 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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:12 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 04:57 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
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:05 Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:20 Sagittarius
- 06:20 – 08:41 Capricorn
- 08:41 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:01 Gemini
- 20:01 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 04:57 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