Durban panchang, 13 January 2027
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 09:56 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
05:08 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:48
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:59 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:32
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 14:24
- Karana Balava until 09:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:24 – 02:08 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. 03:47 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:32
- 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 18:34 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:09 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:40 Capricorn
- 07:40 – 09:59 Aquarius
- 09:59 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 23:31 Virgo
- 23:31 – 01:05 next day Libra
- 01:05 – 03:00 next day Scorpio
- 03:00 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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