Durban panchang, 20 September 2027
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 22:24 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
05:49 to 17:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 14:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 05:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:13 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 02:19 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:19 – 03:31 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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:49 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:49 | Good |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:18 Cancer
- 04:18 – 05:44 Leo
- 05:44 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 08:42 Libra
- 08:42 – 10:37 Scorpio
- 10:37 – 12:52 Sagittarius
- 12:52 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 17:32 Aquarius
- 17:32 – 19:49 Pisces
- 19:49 – 22:10 Aries
- 22:10 – 00:29 next day Taurus
- 00:29 – 02:33 next day Gemini
- 02:33 – 04:14 next day Cancer
- 04:14 – 05:40 next day Leo
- 05:40 – 05:48 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