Durban panchang, 3 May 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 03:15 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
06:26 to 17:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:08
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 16:34
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:49 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:09
- Karana Taitila until 16:34, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:59 – 14:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:09 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:08
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. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:35 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:18 | Good |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 17:52 Libra
- 17:52 – 19:47 Scorpio
- 19:47 – 22:02 Sagittarius
- 22:02 – 00:24 next day Capricorn
- 00:24 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:27 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