Durban panchang, 27 February 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 07:21 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:30
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:30 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:30
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:31 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:49
- Karana Kaulava until 17:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:30
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:31 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:22 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:44 Capricorn
- 04:44 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 09:20 Pisces
- 09:20 – 11:41 Aries
- 11:41 – 14:00 Taurus
- 14:00 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 17:45 Cancer
- 17:45 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 20:35 Virgo
- 20:35 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:04 next day Scorpio
- 00:04 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
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