Durban panchang, 17 February 2027
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 16:07 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
05:38 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:47
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 23:08
- Karana Vishti until 14:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:47
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. 04:11 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:02 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 07:41 Aquarius
- 07:41 – 09:59 Pisces
- 09:59 – 12:19 Aries
- 12:19 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 18:23 Cancer
- 18:23 – 19:50 Leo
- 19:50 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 22:47 Libra
- 22:47 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:57 next day Sagittarius
- 02:57 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
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