Durban panchang, 15 January 2027
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 11:51 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
05:10 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:15
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:59 to 05:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:21 Moon enters Aries
- 22:34 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:43
- Nakshatra Revati until 20:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 12:48
- Karana Vanija until 10:43, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:48 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:21 Moon enters Aries
- 22:34 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:43 – 20:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 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. 03:49 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:10 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:10 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:21 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:10 – 06:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:11 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
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:11 Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 07:32 Capricorn
- 07:32 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 12:08 Pisces
- 12:08 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 00:57 next day Libra
- 00:57 – 02:52 next day Scorpio
- 02:52 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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