Durban panchang, 25 September 2027
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 02:18 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
05:43 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:50
- 08:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:52 to 05:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:15, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:15 – 19:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:50
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. 04:08 – 04:55
- 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 17:52 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:41 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:25 Leo
- 05:25 – 06:48 Virgo
- 06:48 – 08:22 Libra
- 08:22 – 10:17 Scorpio
- 10:17 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:13 next day Gemini
- 02:13 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 05:21 next day Leo
- 05:21 – 05:41 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