Durban panchang, 26 March 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 20:23 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
06:03 to 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:29
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:48 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:59 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 09:13
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:06 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 02:15 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:48 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:06 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 12:13 Taurus
- 12:13 – 14:17 Gemini
- 14:17 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 17:24 Leo
- 17:24 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 20:22 Libra
- 20:22 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:04 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