Durban panchang, 23 March 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 18:29 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 18:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:32
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:02 to 06:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:58
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:19 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:57
- Karana Kaulava until 10:58, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:45 – 09:21 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. 04:26 – 05:14
- 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 18:02 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:28 Gemini
- 14:28 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:02 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