Durban panchang, 21 December 2027
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 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
04:52 to 18:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:09
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:05 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:03
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:55 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:09
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. 03:33 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Char | 08:23 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:09 | Good |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:52 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:35 Scorpio
- 04:35 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:31 Gemini
- 20:31 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 04:53 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