Durban panchang, 23 April 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 19:01 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
06:20 to 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:04
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:27 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:27 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:43
- Karana Vanija until 12:24, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:27 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:27 – 06:21 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. 04:37 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 10:23 Taurus
- 10:23 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 16:58 Virgo
- 16:58 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:27 Scorpio
- 20:27 – 22:42 Sagittarius
- 22:42 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 06:21 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