Durban panchang, 14 December 2027
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 19:59 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
04:50 to 18:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:20 – 17:05
- 04:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 09:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 13:16
- Karana Balava until 04:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 04:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:05
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. 03:30 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Char | 08:20 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:20 – 17:05 | Good |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:05 – 21:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:03 Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:55 Taurus
- 18:55 – 20:59 Gemini
- 20:59 – 22:40 Cancer
- 22:40 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 04:50 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