Durban panchang, 12 October 2027
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 15:22 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
05:22 to 18:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:27
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:02 to 05:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:25 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 12:50
- Karana Balava until 12:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:27
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:22 – 15:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:25 – 05:21 next day
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. 03:52 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:44 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:18 Leo
- 04:18 – 05:41 Virgo
- 05:41 – 07:15 Libra
- 07:15 – 09:10 Scorpio
- 09:10 – 11:25 Sagittarius
- 11:25 – 13:47 Capricorn
- 13:47 – 16:05 Aquarius
- 16:05 – 18:23 Pisces
- 18:23 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:06 next day Gemini
- 01:06 – 02:48 next day Cancer
- 02:48 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 05:21 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