Durban panchang, 23 February 2027
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 20:01 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
05:43 to 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:58
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 07:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:19 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 05:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:19
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 22:56
- Karana Vanija until 07:09, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 07:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:56 – 01:20 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:43 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:43 – 01:44 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. 04:14 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 18:19
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:59 Capricorn
- 04:59 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 09:35 Pisces
- 09:35 – 11:56 Aries
- 11:56 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 18:00 Cancer
- 18:00 – 19:26 Leo
- 19:26 – 20:50 Virgo
- 20:50 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 05:44 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