Durban panchang, 14 January 2027
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 10:53 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
05:09 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:59 to 05:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:42 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:49 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 13:52
- Karana Taitila until 10:29, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- 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 05:09 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:49 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:16 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:10 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:15 Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 07:36 Capricorn
- 07:36 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 20:37 Cancer
- 20:37 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 23:27 Virgo
- 23:27 – 01:01 next day Libra
- 01:01 – 02:56 next day Scorpio
- 02:56 – 05:10 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