Durban panchang, 16 November 2027
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:15 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
04:52 to 18:28- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:46
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:28 to 04:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:12 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:09
- Karana Vanija until 13:13, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:46
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. 03:29 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:52 – 00:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Char | 08:16 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:58 Libra
- 04:58 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 13:48 Aquarius
- 13:48 – 16:05 Pisces
- 16:05 – 18:26 Aries
- 18:26 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 22:49 Gemini
- 22:49 – 00:30 next day Cancer
- 00:30 – 01:56 next day Leo
- 01:56 – 03:20 next day Virgo
- 03:20 – 04:52 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