Durban panchang, 22 March 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 17:57 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
06:01 to 18:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:39
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:03 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:43
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 10:34
- Karana Bava until 12:43, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:39
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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:31 Aquarius
- 05:31 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:32 Gemini
- 14:32 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 20:38 Libra
- 20:38 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 05:27 next day Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:01 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