Durban panchang, 30 December 2027
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 07:05 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:57 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:10
- 05:24 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:24
- Karana Taitila until 15:24, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:24 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:10
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. 03:38 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 04:58 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
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:00 Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 04:58 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