Durban panchang, 8 October 2027
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 11:43 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
05:27 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:25
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:29 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 05:32 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:48 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:22
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:29 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:27 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:27 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:33 Leo
- 04:33 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 07:31 Libra
- 07:31 – 09:26 Scorpio
- 09:26 – 11:41 Sagittarius
- 11:41 – 14:02 Capricorn
- 14:02 – 16:21 Aquarius
- 16:21 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:59 Aries
- 20:59 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 04:30 next day Leo
- 04:30 – 05:26 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