Durban panchang, 25 April 2027
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 20:43 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 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:25
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:07 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:00 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 10:41
- Karana Kaulava until 15:05, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:25
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 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 06:22 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:22 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 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 16:50 Virgo
- 16:50 – 18:24 Libra
- 18:24 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:55 next day Capricorn
- 00:55 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:22 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