Durban panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 14:44 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:28
- 06:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:54 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:37
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:54 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 18:40
- Karana Kaulava until 06:37, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:54 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:54 – 06:05 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. 04:27 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 11:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 06:05 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:11 Aquarius
- 05:11 – 07:28 Pisces
- 07:28 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 12:08 Taurus
- 12:08 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 18:43 Virgo
- 18:43 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 05:07 next day Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:05 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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