Durban panchang, 5 January 2027
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 02:38 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
05:02 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 17:15
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 17:10
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 09:13
- Karana Vanija until 17:10, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:15
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. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:02 – 17:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:03 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
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:50 Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 10:30 Aquarius
- 10:30 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 01:36 next day Libra
- 01:36 – 03:31 next day Scorpio
- 03:31 – 05:03 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