Durban panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 07:32 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:25
- 12:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:43 to 06:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:55
- Karana Balava until 12:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:25
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 14:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 06:12 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