Durban panchang, 24 September 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 01:27 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
05:44 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:21
- 10:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:51 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:22 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:22
- Karana Taitila until 10:29, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:22 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:22 – 03:52 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. 04:09 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:28 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:44 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:29 Leo
- 05:29 – 06:52 Virgo
- 06:52 – 08:26 Libra
- 08:26 – 10:21 Scorpio
- 10:21 – 12:36 Sagittarius
- 12:36 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 17:16 Aquarius
- 17:16 – 19:34 Pisces
- 19:34 – 21:54 Aries
- 21:54 – 00:14 next day Taurus
- 00:14 – 02:17 next day Gemini
- 02:17 – 03:58 next day Cancer
- 03:58 – 05:25 next day Leo
- 05:25 – 05:43 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