Durban panchang, 29 October 2027
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 04:33 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
05:05 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:35
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:36
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:57 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 21:04
- Karana Naga until 15:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:35
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:36 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:05 – 06:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:21 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:35 Virgo
- 04:35 – 06:09 Libra
- 06:09 – 08:04 Scorpio
- 08:04 – 10:19 Sagittarius
- 10:19 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 14:58 Aquarius
- 14:58 – 17:16 Pisces
- 17:16 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 03:07 next day Leo
- 03:07 – 04:31 next day Virgo
- 04:31 – 05:04 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