Durban panchang, 25 May 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 21:22 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
06:40 to 17:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:46
- 08:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 21:27
- Karana Kaulava until 08:44, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:27 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 21:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:27 – 16:42
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. 04:51 – 05:46
- 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 17:05 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:21 Gemini
- 10:21 – 12:02 Cancer
- 12:02 – 13:28 Leo
- 13:28 – 14:52 Virgo
- 14:52 – 16:26 Libra
- 16:26 – 18:21 Scorpio
- 18:21 – 20:36 Sagittarius
- 20:36 – 22:57 Capricorn
- 22:57 – 01:16 next day Aquarius
- 01:16 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 05:54 next day Aries
- 05:54 – 06:40 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