Durban panchang, 17 January 2027
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 14:00 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
05:12 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:57
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:53
- Karana Kaulava until 08:57, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:12 – 19:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:12 – 07:10
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- 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 05:12 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:03 Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 07:24 Capricorn
- 07:24 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 21:51 Leo
- 21:51 – 23:15 Virgo
- 23:15 – 00:49 next day Libra
- 00:49 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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