Durban panchang, 1 October 2027
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 06:02 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
05:35 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:23
- 09:56 Moon enters Libra
- 13:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:55 to 05:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 14:41
- Karana Balava until 13:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:56 Moon enters Libra
- 13:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:41 – 12:11 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:23
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. 04:02 – 04:49
- 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
| Char | 05:35 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:01 Leo
- 05:01 – 06:25 Virgo
- 06:25 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 09:54 Scorpio
- 09:54 – 12:09 Sagittarius
- 12:09 – 14:30 Capricorn
- 14:30 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 19:06 Pisces
- 19:06 – 21:27 Aries
- 21:27 – 23:46 Taurus
- 23:46 – 01:50 next day Gemini
- 01:50 – 03:31 next day Cancer
- 03:31 – 04:57 next day Leo
- 04:57 – 05:34 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