Durban panchang, 6 October 2027
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 09:51 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
05:29 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:17
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:58 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:43 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:58 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:08
- Karana Gara until 11:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:17
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 00:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:41 Leo
- 04:41 – 06:05 Virgo
- 06:05 – 07:39 Libra
- 07:39 – 09:34 Scorpio
- 09:34 – 11:49 Sagittarius
- 11:49 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 16:29 Aquarius
- 16:29 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 21:07 Aries
- 21:07 – 23:26 Taurus
- 23:26 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:11 next day Cancer
- 03:11 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 05:28 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