Durban panchang, 16 December 2027
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 21:38 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:50 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 16:03
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:51 to 04:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:43 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 06:12
- Karana Vishti until 09:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:15 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:41 – 23:17 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. 03:30 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 05:43
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 05:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:43 – 03:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 03:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:21 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:55 Scorpio
- 04:55 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 04:51 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