Durban panchang, 6 February 2027
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 05:05 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
05:29 to 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:29 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 05:29 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:29
- 17:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:49 to 05:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:56
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:44
- Karana Naga until 17:56, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:29 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
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. 04:04 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 17:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:29 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:06 Capricorn
- 06:06 – 08:24 Aquarius
- 08:24 – 10:42 Pisces
- 10:42 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 15:22 Taurus
- 15:22 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 20:33 Leo
- 20:33 – 21:56 Virgo
- 21:56 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:26 next day Scorpio
- 01:26 – 03:40 next day Sagittarius
- 03:40 – 05:30 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