Durban panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 03:28 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
05:03 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:46
- 06:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:44
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:38 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:02
- Karana Vishti until 06:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:46
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 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
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 10:26 Aquarius
- 10:26 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 01:32 next day Libra
- 01:32 – 03:27 next day Scorpio
- 03:27 – 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