Durban panchang, 3 January 2027
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 01:13 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
05:00 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:14 – 18:59
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:38
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:07
- Karana Balava until 12:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:07 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:14 – 18:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:00 – 18:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:07 – 05:01 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. 03:40 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:45 – 08:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:30 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:43 Scorpio
- 03:43 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 01:44 next day Libra
- 01:44 – 03:39 next day Scorpio
- 03:39 – 05:01 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