Durban panchang, 5 December 2027
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 11:02 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 18:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:44
- 05:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:44 to 04:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 02:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 18:07, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:07 – 07:22 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 03:52 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. 03:27 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:48 – 05:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:17 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:44 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 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 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:43 Libra
- 03:43 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:51 Pisces
- 14:51 – 17:11 Aries
- 17:11 – 19:30 Taurus
- 19:30 – 21:34 Gemini
- 21:34 – 23:15 Cancer
- 23:15 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 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