Durban panchang, 9 December 2027
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 14:42 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 18:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:48 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:59
- 11:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:47 to 04:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 23:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 02:05 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:45, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:48 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:45 – 13:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:05 – 13:17 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. 03:28 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:48 – 13:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:48 – 13:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:57 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:18 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:49 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 03:59 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)
- 03:28 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 16:56 Aries
- 16:56 – 19:15 Taurus
- 19:15 – 21:18 Gemini
- 21:18 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 04:49 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