Durban panchang, 12 January 2027
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 09:01 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
05:08 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:27 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:27
- Karana Vishti until 07:59, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:27 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:50 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:08 – 14:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:02 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:08 – 16:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:44 – 05:08 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. 03:46 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:31
- 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 05:08 – 16:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:23 Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 07:44 Capricorn
- 07:44 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 23:35 Virgo
- 23:35 – 01:09 next day Libra
- 01:09 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:08 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