Durban panchang, 26 April 2027
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 21:39 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
06:22 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:12
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:24 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:27 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 11:18
- Karana Gara until 17:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:12
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:00 – 06:22 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. 04:38 – 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 17:24 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:00 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:39 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:39 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 15:22 Leo
- 15:22 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 18:20 Libra
- 18:20 – 20:15 Scorpio
- 20:15 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 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