Durban panchang, 24 April 2027
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 19:50 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
06:21 to 17:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:40
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:26 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:27 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:12 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:28
- Karana Bava until 13:27, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:27 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:28 – 22:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:40
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. 04:38 – 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 17:26 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 02:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:26 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:23 Gemini
- 12:23 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 16:54 Virgo
- 16:54 – 18:28 Libra
- 18:28 – 20:23 Scorpio
- 20:23 – 22:38 Sagittarius
- 22:38 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 03:18 next day Aquarius
- 03:18 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 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