Durban panchang, 28 May 2027
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:04 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
06:42 to 17:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:46
- 15:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:04 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:50 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:12 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:28 – 00:04 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:04 – 01:16 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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 08:05 Taurus
- 08:05 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 13:16 Leo
- 13:16 – 14:40 Virgo
- 14:40 – 16:14 Libra
- 16:14 – 18:09 Scorpio
- 18:09 – 20:24 Sagittarius
- 20:24 – 22:45 Capricorn
- 22:45 – 01:04 next day Aquarius
- 01:04 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:42 next day Aries
- 05:42 – 06:42 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