Durban panchang, 29 May 2027
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 00:07 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 17:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:28
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:13 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:33, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
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 – 05:48
- 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 17:03 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 08:01 Taurus
- 08:01 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 11:46 Cancer
- 11:46 – 13:12 Leo
- 13:12 – 14:36 Virgo
- 14:36 – 16:10 Libra
- 16:10 – 18:05 Scorpio
- 18:05 – 20:20 Sagittarius
- 20:20 – 22:41 Capricorn
- 22:41 – 01:00 next day Aquarius
- 01:00 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 05:38 next day Aries
- 05:38 – 06:43 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