Durban panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 15:24 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 17:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:44
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:33 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:12 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:54
- Karana Bava until 17:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:44
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:36 – 06:17 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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 14:31 Cancer
- 14:31 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 23:05 Sagittarius
- 23:05 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 03:45 next day Aquarius
- 03:45 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:17 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