Durban panchang, 13 October 2027
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 16:17 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
05:21 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- 11:01 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:01 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:03 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:18
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:29 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:01
- Karana Taitila until 14:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:01 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:01 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:29 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:14 Leo
- 04:14 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:12 Libra
- 07:12 – 09:07 Scorpio
- 09:07 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:43 Capricorn
- 13:43 – 16:01 Aquarius
- 16:01 – 18:19 Pisces
- 18:19 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:59 Taurus
- 22:59 – 01:02 next day Gemini
- 01:02 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:10 next day Leo
- 04:10 – 05:20 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