Durban panchang, 23 January 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 19:53 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
05:17 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:17 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:57 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:43
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:23 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 06:08
- Karana Kaulava until 10:43, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:17 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:17 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:39 Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 07:01 Capricorn
- 07:01 – 09:19 Aquarius
- 09:19 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:02 Cancer
- 20:02 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 22:51 Virgo
- 22:51 – 00:26 next day Libra
- 00:26 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:35 next day Sagittarius
- 04:35 – 05:18 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