Durban panchang, 12 September 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 14:48 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
05:59 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:45
Night
17:45 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:43
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:35 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 04:15 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:13 – 05:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:45
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. 04:21 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:35 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:50 Cancer
- 04:50 – 06:16 Leo
- 06:16 – 07:39 Virgo
- 07:39 – 09:13 Libra
- 09:13 – 11:08 Scorpio
- 11:08 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 18:03 Aquarius
- 18:03 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 22:42 Aries
- 22:42 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 04:46 next day Cancer
- 04:46 – 05:58 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