Durban panchang, 19 January 2027
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 16:19 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
05:14 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 14:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:58 to 05:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:11 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 22:57
- Karana Bava until 14:49, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:11 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Char | 08:40 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:40 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:55 Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 07:16 Capricorn
- 07:16 – 09:35 Aquarius
- 09:35 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 00:41 next day Libra
- 00:41 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
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