Durban panchang, 25 October 2027
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 02:16 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
05:09 to 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:46 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:34
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:52
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 11:17
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:34
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. 03:41 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:50 Virgo
- 04:50 – 06:24 Libra
- 06:24 – 08:19 Scorpio
- 08:19 – 10:34 Sagittarius
- 10:34 – 12:56 Capricorn
- 12:56 – 15:14 Aquarius
- 15:14 – 17:32 Pisces
- 17:32 – 19:52 Aries
- 19:52 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 01:57 next day Cancer
- 01:57 – 03:23 next day Leo
- 03:23 – 04:46 next day Virgo
- 04:46 – 05:08 next day Libra
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