Durban panchang, 2 January 2027
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 00:37 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
05:00 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:00 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:00 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:29
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:59 to 05:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 10:54
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:58
- Karana Vishti until 10:54, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:43 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:00 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:29
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. 03:40 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:00 – 15:49
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:00 – 15:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:29 | Good |
| Rog | 08:29 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:00 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
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:47 Scorpio
- 03:47 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 01:48 next day Libra
- 01:48 – 03:43 next day Scorpio
- 03:43 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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