Durban panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 11:53 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 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:39 to 06:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:05
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:18
- Karana Taitila until 16:05, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:18 – 15:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:13 – 10:04
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 17:39 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 10:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 10:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 19:15 Libra
- 19:15 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:25 Sagittarius
- 23:25 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 06:14 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