Durban panchang, 7 October 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 10:47 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
05:28 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 08:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:44 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:33
- Karana Vishti until 13:47, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:02
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:33 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:29
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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:59 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:44 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:36 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:37 Leo
- 04:37 – 06:01 Virgo
- 06:01 – 07:35 Libra
- 07:35 – 09:30 Scorpio
- 09:30 – 11:45 Sagittarius
- 11:45 – 14:06 Capricorn
- 14:06 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 23:22 Taurus
- 23:22 – 01:26 next day Gemini
- 01:26 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 05:27 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