Durban panchang, 29 March 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 22:54 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
06:05 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:33
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 03:24 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:24 – 15:54 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:48 – 06:06 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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:04 Aquarius
- 05:04 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 12:01 Taurus
- 12:01 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 15:46 Cancer
- 15:46 – 17:12 Leo
- 17:12 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 05:00 next day Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:06 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