Durban panchang, 4 April 2027
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 03:34 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
06:09 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:48
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:44
- Karana Gara until 13:30, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:53 – 08:02 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:02 – 14:07 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:09 – 08:15
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. 04:30 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:40 Aquarius
- 04:40 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 09:18 Aries
- 09:18 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 21:41 Scorpio
- 21:41 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 06:09 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