Durban panchang, 7 March 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 04:49 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 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:21
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:16 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 10:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 23:36
- Karana Shakuni until 10:16, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:16 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:21
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 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:52 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 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 11:09 Aries
- 11:09 – 13:28 Taurus
- 13:28 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:13 Cancer
- 17:13 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:32 Scorpio
- 23:32 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 04:08 next day Capricorn
- 04:08 – 05:52 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