Durban panchang, 2 December 2027
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 08:18 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:48 to 18:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:55
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:41 to 04:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:52
- Karana Vishti until 10:14, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:48 – 05:25
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. 03:27 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:14 – 04:48 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:00 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:32 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:41 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:55 Libra
- 03:55 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 15:02 Pisces
- 15:02 – 17:23 Aries
- 17:23 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:46 Gemini
- 21:46 – 23:27 Cancer
- 23:27 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 04:48 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