Durban panchang, 30 March 2027
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 23:50 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
06:06 to 17:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:25
- 16:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:54 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 16:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 04:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:10, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:25
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 02:51 – 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 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 16:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:34 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:01 Gemini
- 14:01 – 15:42 Cancer
- 15:42 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 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