Durban panchang, 5 April 2027
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 04:31 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 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:27
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:02 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:07 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:47 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 06:17
- Karana Vishti until 14:07, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:02 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:07 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:53 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:02 – 14:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:27
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:36 Aquarius
- 04:36 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 19:43 Libra
- 19:43 – 21:37 Scorpio
- 21:37 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:10 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