Durban panchang, 21 June 2027
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 19:15 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:00
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:19 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:03 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:38 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 05:25 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:05, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:25 – 06:32 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 21:51
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:51 – 06:27 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 06:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:03 | Good |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:31 Taurus
- 06:31 – 08:35 Gemini
- 08:35 – 10:16 Cancer
- 10:16 – 11:42 Leo
- 11:42 – 13:06 Virgo
- 13:06 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 16:35 Scorpio
- 16:35 – 18:50 Sagittarius
- 18:50 – 21:11 Capricorn
- 21:11 – 23:30 Aquarius
- 23:30 – 01:47 next day Pisces
- 01:47 – 04:08 next day Aries
- 04:08 – 06:27 next day Taurus
- 06:27 – 06:52 next day Gemini
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