Durban panchang, 13 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 15:42 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
05:58 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:04 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:46 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:29 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:06 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 00:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:56 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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:46 Cancer
- 04:46 – 06:12 Leo
- 06:12 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:10 Libra
- 09:10 – 11:04 Scorpio
- 11:04 – 13:19 Sagittarius
- 13:19 – 15:41 Capricorn
- 15:41 – 17:59 Aquarius
- 17:59 – 20:17 Pisces
- 20:17 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:00 next day Gemini
- 03:00 – 04:42 next day Cancer
- 04:42 – 05:56 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