Durban panchang, 18 April 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 15:55 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
06:17 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:32
- 08:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:32 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:45 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:28
- Karana Kaulava until 15:24, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:28 – 22:04
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. 04:35 – 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 17:32 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 01:45 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:45 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:45 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:45 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 18:51 Libra
- 18:51 – 20:46 Scorpio
- 20:46 – 23:01 Sagittarius
- 23:01 – 01:23 next day Capricorn
- 01:23 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 06:18 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