Durban panchang, 3 March 2027
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 01:03 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
05:49 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:42
- 14:35 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:26 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:50 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:36
- Karana Bava until 14:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:50 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:37 – 21:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:42
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. 04:18 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:54 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:27 Capricorn
- 04:27 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 11:24 Aries
- 11:24 – 13:43 Taurus
- 13:43 – 15:47 Gemini
- 15:47 – 17:28 Cancer
- 17:28 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:49 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