Durban panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 14:51 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
05:58 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- 14:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:37 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:17 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:04, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:03 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:17 – 04:41 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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 01:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:51 Aquarius
- 05:51 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 10:29 Aries
- 10:29 – 12:48 Taurus
- 12:48 – 14:52 Gemini
- 14:52 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 17:59 Leo
- 17:59 – 19:23 Virgo
- 19:23 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 05:47 next day Aquarius
- 05:47 – 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