Durban panchang, 16 January 2027
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 12:54 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
05:11 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:11 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:11 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:32
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:59 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 11:08
- Karana Bava until 10:13, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:11 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:10 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:10 – 05:12 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. 03:49 – 04:30
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:13 – 05:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:08 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:12 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
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:07 Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 07:28 Capricorn
- 07:28 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 00:53 next day Libra
- 00:53 – 02:48 next day Scorpio
- 02:48 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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