Durban panchang, 10 April 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 09:45 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
06:12 to 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:49
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:41 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Krittika until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:51
- Karana Vanija until 09:07, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:49
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 17:41 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 12:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 12:37 – 06:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:18 Gemini
- 13:18 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 06:13 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