Durban panchang, 6 March 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 03:53 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
05:51 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:04 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:22 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:34
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:12 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 23:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:04 – 21:29
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 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:34 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:34 Aquarius
- 06:34 – 08:52 Pisces
- 08:52 – 11:12 Aries
- 11:12 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:35 Gemini
- 15:35 – 17:17 Cancer
- 17:17 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 23:35 Scorpio
- 23:35 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 04:12 next day Capricorn
- 04:12 – 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