Durban panchang, 15 December 2027
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 20:52 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 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:35
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:51 to 04:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 12:43
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:45
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:15 – 09:52 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:03 – 16:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:51 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 12:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:20 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:59 Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:51 Taurus
- 18:51 – 20:55 Gemini
- 20:55 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 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