Durban panchang, 24 January 2027
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 20:29 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
05:18 to 18:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam 17:14 – 18:56
- 07:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:56 to 05:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:27
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:33
- Karana Gara until 07:27, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:14 – 18:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:00 – 04:40 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. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:35 Sagittarius
- 04:35 – 06:57 Capricorn
- 06:57 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 21:24 Leo
- 21:24 – 22:48 Virgo
- 22:48 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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