Durban panchang, 12 May 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 12:15 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
06:32 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:12
- 08:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:11 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:43 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:34
- Karana Gara until 08:47, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:43 – 06:43 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:19 – 11:16
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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:11 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 11:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 17:17 Libra
- 17:17 – 19:12 Scorpio
- 19:12 – 21:27 Sagittarius
- 21:27 – 23:48 Capricorn
- 23:48 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Pisces
- 04:24 – 06:33 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