Durban panchang, 5 March 2027
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:56 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
05:50 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:49
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:23 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 06:24
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 23:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:24, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:49
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. 04:19 – 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 18:23 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 00:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:20 Capricorn
- 04:20 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 11:16 Aries
- 11:16 – 13:36 Taurus
- 13:36 – 15:39 Gemini
- 15:39 – 17:21 Cancer
- 17:21 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 20:10 Virgo
- 20:10 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 04:16 next day Capricorn
- 04:16 – 05:51 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