Durban panchang, 28 September 2027
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 04:18 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
05:39 to 17:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:22
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:54 to 05:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 00:26 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:25, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:25 – 20:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:46 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:49 – 21:43
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. 04:05 – 04:52
- 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 17:54 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:39 – 10:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Char | 08:43 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:13 Leo
- 05:13 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:06 Scorpio
- 10:06 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:42 Capricorn
- 14:42 – 17:00 Aquarius
- 17:00 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:58 Taurus
- 23:58 – 02:01 next day Gemini
- 02:01 – 03:43 next day Cancer
- 03:43 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 05:38 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