Durban panchang, 10 March 2027
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 07:39 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:39
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:18 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 21:20
- Karana Kaulava until 12:23, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:22 – 05:54 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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 12:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 13:16 Taurus
- 13:16 – 15:20 Gemini
- 15:20 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 21:25 Libra
- 21:25 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:54 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