Durban panchang, 8 September 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 11:06 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
06:04 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:21
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:43 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:14
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 00:25 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
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. 04:25 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:47 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:05 Cancer
- 05:05 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 09:29 Libra
- 09:29 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:39 Sagittarius
- 13:39 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 18:19 Aquarius
- 18:19 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 01:16 next day Taurus
- 01:16 – 03:20 next day Gemini
- 03:20 – 05:01 next day Cancer
- 05:01 – 06:03 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