Durban panchang, 7 February 2027
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:01 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:09 – 18:48
- 06:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:48 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:57
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 18:11
- Karana Kimstughna until 06:59, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:09 – 18:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:11 – 06:16 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. 04:05 – 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 18:48 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 08:20 Aquarius
- 08:20 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:03 Cancer
- 19:03 – 20:29 Leo
- 20:29 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:22 next day Scorpio
- 01:22 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:31 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