Durban panchang, 1 February 2027
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 00:35 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
05:25 to 18:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:11
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:52 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:40 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:51 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:26
- Karana Bava until 18:24, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:24 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:26 – 17:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:11
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. 04:01 – 04:43
- 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 18:52 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
| Char | 18:52 – 20:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:12 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:04 Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 06:25 Capricorn
- 06:25 – 08:44 Aquarius
- 08:44 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 20:52 Leo
- 20:52 – 22:16 Virgo
- 22:16 – 23:50 Libra
- 23:50 – 01:45 next day Scorpio
- 01:45 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:26 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