Durban panchang, 19 September 2027
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 21:21 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
05:50 to 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:49
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:42 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 03:39 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:44 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:42, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:49 – 08:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:11 – 05:49 next day
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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 14:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:22 Cancer
- 04:22 – 05:48 Leo
- 05:48 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 08:46 Libra
- 08:46 – 10:41 Scorpio
- 10:41 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 15:17 Capricorn
- 15:17 – 17:36 Aquarius
- 17:36 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 22:14 Aries
- 22:14 – 00:33 next day Taurus
- 00:33 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 05:49 next day Virgo
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