Durban panchang, 28 April 2027
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 23:32 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
06:23 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:15
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:22 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 14:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:14
- Karana Bava until 09:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
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. 04:39 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:22 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 14:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 09:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:12 Libra
- 18:12 – 20:07 Scorpio
- 20:07 – 22:22 Sagittarius
- 22:22 – 00:43 next day Capricorn
- 00:43 – 03:02 next day Aquarius
- 03:02 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:24 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