Durban panchang, 11 April 2027
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 10:52 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
06:13 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:40
- 07:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:07 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:40 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:07
- Karana Bava until 07:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:07 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:40
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:23 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 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