Durban panchang, 22 December 2027
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 00:32 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
04:53 to 18:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:39
- 08:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:44 Moon enters Libra
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:55 to 04:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 20:11
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:58
- Karana Vanija until 08:35, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:44 Moon enters Libra
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:23
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:58 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:39
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 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:23 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 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
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:31 Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 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