Durban panchang, 22 January 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 19:11 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
05:16 to 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:15
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:17
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:20
- Karana Bava until 14:17, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:55 – 04:01 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:01 – 05:17 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. 03:54 – 04:35
- 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 18:57 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 06:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:17 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:43 Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 07:05 Capricorn
- 07:05 – 09:23 Aquarius
- 09:23 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:06 Cancer
- 20:06 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 22:55 Virgo
- 22:55 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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