Durban panchang, 16 April 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 14:51 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
06:16 to 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:10
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:34 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:52
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:38 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Gara until 07:52, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:54 – 05:58 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 03:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:56 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:57 – 16:55
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) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 03:38 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:52 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:38 – 06:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:38 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:16 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 08:31 Aries
- 08:31 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 12:54 Gemini
- 12:54 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 20:54 Scorpio
- 20:54 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:49 next day Aquarius
- 03:49 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 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