Durban panchang, 16 September 2027
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 18:26 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
05:54 to 17:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:47 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 10:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 06:00
- Karana Balava until 13:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:00 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:55 – 12:06
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. 04:17 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:34 Cancer
- 04:34 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 07:24 Virgo
- 07:24 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 10:53 Scorpio
- 10:53 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 15:29 Capricorn
- 15:29 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 20:05 Pisces
- 20:05 – 22:26 Aries
- 22:26 – 00:45 next day Taurus
- 00:45 – 02:49 next day Gemini
- 02:49 – 04:30 next day Cancer
- 04:30 – 05:53 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