Durban panchang, 4 March 2027
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 01:59 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 18:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:53
- 17:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:25 to 05:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:30 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 06:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 22:30
- Karana Kaulava until 17:11, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:30 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:30 – 10:51 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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:25 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:23 Capricorn
- 04:23 – 06:42 Aquarius
- 06:42 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 11:20 Aries
- 11:20 – 13:40 Taurus
- 13:40 – 15:43 Gemini
- 15:43 – 17:24 Cancer
- 17:24 – 18:51 Leo
- 18:51 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 04:20 next day Capricorn
- 04:20 – 05:50 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