Durban panchang, 9 January 2027
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 06:15 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
05:05 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:05 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 05:05 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:31
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:37 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 12:45
- Karana Balava until 14:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:05 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:45 – 13:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
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. 03:44 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:34 Sagittarius
- 05:34 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 23:47 Virgo
- 23:47 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:16 next day Scorpio
- 03:16 – 05:06 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