Durban panchang, 29 December 2027
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 06:08 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
04:57 to 18:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:42
- 10:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:58 to 04:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:24 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:42
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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:58 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:57 – 02:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 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
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:04 Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 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