Durban panchang, 4 November 2027
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 09:32 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
05:00 to 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:00 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:39
- 05:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 04:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:08
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:32
- Karana Kaulava until 05:01, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:37 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:32 – 18:32
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. 03:34 – 04:17
- 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 18:18 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:00 – 11:55
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:20 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:11 Virgo
- 04:11 – 05:45 Libra
- 05:45 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 14:35 Aquarius
- 14:35 – 16:53 Pisces
- 16:53 – 19:13 Aries
- 19:13 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 02:43 next day Leo
- 02:43 – 04:07 next day Virgo
- 04:07 – 04:59 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