Durban panchang, 29 April 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:21 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
06:24 to 17:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:10
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:21 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:31
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 14:12
- Karana Kaulava until 11:31, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:24 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:34 – 22:49
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- 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 17:21 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:37 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:03 Scorpio
- 20:03 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 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