Durban panchang, 8 January 2027
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 05:18 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
05:04 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:15
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 11:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:29 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:04 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 05:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:52
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:44, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 11:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:29 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
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. 03:44 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 01:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:04 – 06:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:05 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
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:38 Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 08:00 Capricorn
- 08:00 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 01:25 next day Libra
- 01:25 – 03:20 next day Scorpio
- 03:20 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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