Durban panchang, 26 May 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 22:18 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 17:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- 11:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:49 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 22:31
- Karana Gara until 11:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Indra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:49 – 06:41 next day
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:35 – 06:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:49 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:41 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 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 08:13 Taurus
- 08:13 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 13:24 Leo
- 13:24 – 14:48 Virgo
- 14:48 – 16:22 Libra
- 16:22 – 18:17 Scorpio
- 18:17 – 20:32 Sagittarius
- 20:32 – 22:53 Capricorn
- 22:53 – 01:12 next day Aquarius
- 01:12 – 03:29 next day Pisces
- 03:29 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 06:41 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