Durban panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 05:45 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
05:52 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:50
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:29 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:20 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:29
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:13
- Karana Naga until 11:29, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:29 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 23:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:50
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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 18:20 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:24 Taurus
- 13:24 – 15:27 Gemini
- 15:27 – 17:09 Cancer
- 17:09 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 21:33 Libra
- 21:33 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:53 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