Durban panchang, 31 January 2027
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:53 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
05:24 to 18:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta 17:05 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam 17:12 – 18:53
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:53 to 05:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:11 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:48
- Karana Vanija until 16:04, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:05 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:12 – 18:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 02:58 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:58 – 05:25 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. 04:00 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:08 Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 06:29 Capricorn
- 06:29 – 08:48 Aquarius
- 08:48 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 20:56 Leo
- 20:56 – 22:20 Virgo
- 22:20 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:25 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