Durban panchang, 15 April 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 14:15 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
06:15 to 17:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:19
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:35 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:48 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:51
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:48 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 02:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:48 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:53 – 06:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:08 – 04:32 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. 04:34 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:51 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:35 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 12:58 Gemini
- 12:58 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:16 next day Aries
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