Durban panchang, 31 October 2027
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:57 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:15
- 06:01 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:15 to 05:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:43
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:01 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Kaulava until 13:43, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:01 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:03 – 06:01
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 05:02 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. 03:37 – 04:20
- 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 18:15 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:42 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:36 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:27 Virgo
- 04:27 – 06:01 Libra
- 06:01 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 12:32 Capricorn
- 12:32 – 14:51 Aquarius
- 14:51 – 17:08 Pisces
- 17:08 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 23:52 Gemini
- 23:52 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 02:59 next day Leo
- 02:59 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 05:02 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