Durban panchang, 18 December 2027
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 22:53 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
04:51 to 18:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:51 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 04:51 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:22
- 15:15 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:53 to 04:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:00 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:05
- Karana Gara until 15:15, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:51 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:06 – 13:02 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. 03:31 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:00 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 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
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:47 Scorpio
- 04:47 – 07:02 Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
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