Durban panchang, 16 March 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:58 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
05:57 to 18:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 03:14 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:15 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:20
- Karana Balava until 16:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:55 Aquarius
- 05:55 – 08:13 Pisces
- 08:13 – 10:33 Aries
- 10:33 – 12:52 Taurus
- 12:52 – 14:56 Gemini
- 14:56 – 16:37 Cancer
- 16:37 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 05:51 next day Aquarius
- 05:51 – 05:58 next day Pisces
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