Durban panchang, 10 January 2027
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 07:11 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
05:06 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:59 to 05:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 05:58 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 13:32
- Karana Taitila until 16:50, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
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. 03:45 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:07 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
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:31 Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 07:52 Capricorn
- 07:52 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 23:43 Virgo
- 23:43 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:12 next day Scorpio
- 03:12 – 05:07 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