Durban panchang, 1 September 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 06:24 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:20
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 14:15
- Karana Bava until 16:20, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:43 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:20 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 06:59 Leo
- 06:59 – 08:23 Virgo
- 08:23 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 16:28 Capricorn
- 16:28 – 18:47 Aquarius
- 18:47 – 21:04 Pisces
- 21:04 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:44 next day Taurus
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Gemini
- 03:48 – 05:29 next day Cancer
- 05:29 – 06:11 next day Leo
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