Durban panchang, 21 January 2027
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 18:22 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
05:15 to 18:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:15 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:58 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:00
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:54 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:38
- Karana Gara until 07:52, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:40 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:53 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:38 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:40 – 04:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:15 – 09:54
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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 09:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:54 – 05:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:54 – 05:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:00 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:47 Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 07:09 Capricorn
- 07:09 – 09:27 Aquarius
- 09:27 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 21:36 Leo
- 21:36 – 22:59 Virgo
- 22:59 – 00:33 next day Libra
- 00:33 – 02:28 next day Scorpio
- 02:28 – 04:43 next day Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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