Durban panchang, 4 February 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 03:11 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
05:28 to 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:10
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:48 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:51 to 05:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:02 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 16:11
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:48 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:10
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. 04:03 – 04:45
- 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 18:51 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:10 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 08:32 Aquarius
- 08:32 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 13:10 Aries
- 13:10 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:15 Cancer
- 19:15 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 22:04 Virgo
- 22:04 – 23:38 Libra
- 23:38 – 01:33 next day Scorpio
- 01:33 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:28 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