Durban panchang, 21 September 2027
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 23:28 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
05:48 to 17:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:20
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:51 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:50 to 05:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 00:34 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:51, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:20
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- 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 17:50 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 14:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:43 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:48 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:50 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:14 Cancer
- 04:14 – 05:40 Leo
- 05:40 – 07:04 Virgo
- 07:04 – 08:38 Libra
- 08:38 – 10:33 Scorpio
- 10:33 – 12:48 Sagittarius
- 12:48 – 15:09 Capricorn
- 15:09 – 17:28 Aquarius
- 17:28 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 22:06 Aries
- 22:06 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 05:46 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