Durban panchang, 17 October 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 20:16 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
05:17 to 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 18:05
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 09:33
- Karana Gara until 15:13, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:05
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:17 – 20:34
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:29 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:58 Leo
- 03:58 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 06:56 Libra
- 06:56 – 08:51 Scorpio
- 08:51 – 11:06 Sagittarius
- 11:06 – 13:27 Capricorn
- 13:27 – 15:46 Aquarius
- 15:46 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 20:24 Aries
- 20:24 – 22:43 Taurus
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 03:54 next day Leo
- 03:54 – 05:16 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