Durban panchang, 22 May 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 18:34 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
06:38 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:29
- 13:20 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:20 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:18
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:20 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 18:58
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:20 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:20 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:10 Aries
- 06:10 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:33 Gemini
- 10:33 – 12:14 Cancer
- 12:14 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:04 Virgo
- 15:04 – 16:38 Libra
- 16:38 – 18:33 Scorpio
- 18:33 – 20:48 Sagittarius
- 20:48 – 23:09 Capricorn
- 23:09 – 01:28 next day Aquarius
- 01:28 – 03:45 next day Pisces
- 03:45 – 06:06 next day Aries
- 06:06 – 06:39 next day Taurus
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