Durban panchang, 30 September 2027
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 05:27 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:37 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:55 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:05 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 17:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:17, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:32
- Rahu 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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:37 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:35 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
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:05 Leo
- 05:05 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 09:58 Scorpio
- 09:58 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 14:34 Capricorn
- 14:34 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 19:10 Pisces
- 19:10 – 21:31 Aries
- 21:31 – 23:50 Taurus
- 23:50 – 01:54 next day Gemini
- 01:54 – 03:35 next day Cancer
- 03:35 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 05:35 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