Durban panchang, 11 January 2027
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 08:06 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
05:07 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:13
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 05:58
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 14:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:08
- Karana Gara until 05:58, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:08 – 14:27 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:02 – 07:59 next day
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. 03:46 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:07 – 11:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:23 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:27 Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 07:48 Capricorn
- 07:48 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:13 next day Libra
- 01:13 – 03:08 next day Scorpio
- 03:08 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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