Durban panchang, 27 February 2027
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 22:30 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
05:46 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:19
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:25
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 08:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:38
- Karana Bava until 18:25, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:19
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 08:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:43 Capricorn
- 04:43 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 09:19 Pisces
- 09:19 – 11:40 Aries
- 11:40 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:03 Gemini
- 16:03 – 17:44 Cancer
- 17:44 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 05:46 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