Durban panchang, 17 November 2027
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 22:10 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 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:23
- 06:18 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:29 to 04:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:05
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:48 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 06:18
- Karana Bava until 11:09, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:18 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:23
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 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 04:51 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 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 13:44 Aquarius
- 13:44 – 16:01 Pisces
- 16:01 – 18:22 Aries
- 18:22 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:45 Gemini
- 22:45 – 00:26 next day Cancer
- 00:26 – 01:52 next day Leo
- 01:52 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
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