Durban panchang, 1 May 2027
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 01:23 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
06:25 to 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:36
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:20 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 15:13
- Karana Vishti until 15:24, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 15:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:36
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 – 05:33
- 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 17:20 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 16:26 Virgo
- 16:26 – 18:00 Libra
- 18:00 – 19:55 Scorpio
- 19:55 – 22:10 Sagittarius
- 22:10 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:26 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