Durban panchang, 29 September 2027
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 04:53 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
05:38 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:18
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 08:04 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:54 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:56 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:25
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:30 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 20:56
- Karana Shakuni until 07:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 08:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:56 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
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. 04:04 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:30 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:09 Leo
- 05:09 – 06:32 Virgo
- 06:32 – 08:07 Libra
- 08:07 – 10:02 Scorpio
- 10:02 – 12:17 Sagittarius
- 12:17 – 14:38 Capricorn
- 14:38 – 16:56 Aquarius
- 16:56 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 21:35 Aries
- 21:35 – 23:54 Taurus
- 23:54 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 03:39 next day Cancer
- 03:39 – 05:05 next day Leo
- 05:05 – 05:37 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