Durban panchang, 2 September 2027
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 06:58 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
06:11 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 10:39 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:40 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:20
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:39
- Karana Kaulava until 13:20, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:39 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:11 – 14:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:32 – 23:26
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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:29 Cancer
- 05:29 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 09:53 Libra
- 09:53 – 11:48 Scorpio
- 11:48 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 16:24 Capricorn
- 16:24 – 18:43 Aquarius
- 18:43 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:40 next day Taurus
- 01:40 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:25 next day Cancer
- 05:25 – 06:10 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