Durban panchang, 30 April 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 00:27 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 15:59
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:21 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:44
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 14:55
- Karana Gara until 13:44, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 15:24 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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 13:40 Cancer
- 13:40 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 16:30 Virgo
- 16:30 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 19:59 Scorpio
- 19:59 – 22:14 Sagittarius
- 22:14 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:25 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