Durban panchang, 1 March 2027
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:28 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
05:47 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:56
- 09:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:57 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:57 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:28 to 05:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:37
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 19:41
- Karana Taitila until 09:24, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:57 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:57 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:56
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. 04:17 – 05:02
- 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 18:28 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:35 Capricorn
- 04:35 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 09:11 Pisces
- 09:11 – 11:32 Aries
- 11:32 – 13:51 Taurus
- 13:51 – 15:55 Gemini
- 15:55 – 17:36 Cancer
- 17:36 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 05:48 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