Durban panchang, 5 February 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 04:08 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 18:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:10
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:35 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:03
- Karana Shakuni until 15:35, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:35 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:03 – 17:44 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. 04:03 – 04:46
- 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 18:50 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:02 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 07:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:10 Capricorn
- 06:10 – 08:28 Aquarius
- 08:28 – 10:46 Pisces
- 10:46 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 15:26 Taurus
- 15:26 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:11 Cancer
- 19:11 – 20:37 Leo
- 20:37 – 22:00 Virgo
- 22:00 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:29 next day Scorpio
- 01:29 – 03:44 next day Sagittarius
- 03:44 – 05:29 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