Durban panchang, 21 April 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 17:36 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
06:19 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:18
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:29 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:00 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:14 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 12:40
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:00 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:34 Gemini
- 12:34 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 18:40 Libra
- 18:40 – 20:35 Scorpio
- 20:35 – 22:50 Sagittarius
- 22:50 – 01:11 next day Capricorn
- 01:11 – 03:29 next day Aquarius
- 03:29 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 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