Durban panchang, 27 March 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 21:09 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
06:04 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:59
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:45 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:12 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:03, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:12 – 02:37 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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:04 next day | Good |
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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:12 Aquarius
- 05:12 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:13 Gemini
- 14:13 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:49 next day Capricorn
- 02:49 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 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