Durban panchang, 27 September 2027
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 03:42 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
05:40 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:15 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:03 Moon enters Leo
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:25 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 05:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 07:37
- Karana Taitila until 13:25, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:03 Moon enters Leo
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:27
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. 04:06 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:17 Leo
- 05:17 – 06:40 Virgo
- 06:40 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:09 Scorpio
- 10:09 – 12:24 Sagittarius
- 12:24 – 14:46 Capricorn
- 14:46 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 00:02 next day Taurus
- 00:02 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 03:47 next day Cancer
- 03:47 – 05:13 next day Leo
- 05:13 – 05:39 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