Durban panchang, 6 April 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 05:29 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
06:10 to 17:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:19
- 14:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:53 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 03:56 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:05, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:53 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:56 – 02:06 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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 14:53
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 14:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:10 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:32 Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 15:15 Cancer
- 15:15 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:34 Scorpio
- 21:34 – 23:48 Sagittarius
- 23:48 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 04:28 next day Aquarius
- 04:28 – 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