Durban panchang, 31 March 2027
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:53 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 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:28
- 09:37 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:53 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:55 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 05:22 next day
- Karana Gara until 18:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:28
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. 04:29 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:53 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:07 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 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:34 Aries
- 09:34 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:07 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