Durban panchang, 28 December 2027
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 05:11 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 17:12
- 11:02 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:57 to 04:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:58
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:55 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:48 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:02, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:48 – 08:24 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:55 – 04:57 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. 03:36 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Char | 08:26 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 17:12 | Good |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:12 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 04:57 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
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:08 Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 04:57 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