Durban panchang, 29 January 2027
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 23:12 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
05:22 to 18:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:04 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:13
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:54 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 22:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 12:43
- Karana Balava until 12:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:43 – 15:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:22 – 06:02
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. 03:59 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:22 – 07:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 05:23 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
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:16 Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:37 Capricorn
- 06:37 – 08:56 Aquarius
- 08:56 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:04 Leo
- 21:04 – 22:28 Virgo
- 22:28 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 01:57 next day Scorpio
- 01:57 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:23 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