Durban panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 17:00 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
06:18 to 17:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:06
- 12:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:01 Moon enters Libra
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:30 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 00:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 14:17
- Karana Vishti until 12:51, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:01 Moon enters Libra
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:17 – 15:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:06
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 17:30 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 17:09 Virgo
- 17:09 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 03:33 next day Aquarius
- 03:33 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:19 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