Durban panchang, 31 December 2028
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 18:58 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
04:59 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:06 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:58
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:48
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:20 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 20:04
- Karana Vishti until 07:20, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:06 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:01 – 23:02
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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:44 – 08:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:29 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:44 – 04:59 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:09 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)
- 03:39 – 03:53 Scorpio
- 03:53 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:45 Taurus
- 17:45 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 22:56 Leo
- 22:56 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 04:59 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