Durban panchang, 9 May 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:44 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:13
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:13 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:29 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:50
- Karana Vanija until 16:13, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:13
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 16:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 15:55 Virgo
- 15:55 – 17:29 Libra
- 17:29 – 19:24 Scorpio
- 19:24 – 21:39 Sagittarius
- 21:39 – 00:00 next day Capricorn
- 00:00 – 02:19 next day Aquarius
- 02:19 – 04:36 next day Pisces
- 04:36 – 06:31 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