Durban panchang, 21 February 2027
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 18:56 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
05:41 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:36
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:36 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:32 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:33
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:57
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:32 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:36
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. 04:13 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:36 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:42 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
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:07 Capricorn
- 05:07 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 09:43 Pisces
- 09:43 – 12:04 Aries
- 12:04 – 14:23 Taurus
- 14:23 – 16:26 Gemini
- 16:26 – 18:08 Cancer
- 18:08 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 20:57 Virgo
- 20:57 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Sagittarius
- 02:41 – 05:03 next day Capricorn
- 05:03 – 05:42 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