Durban panchang, 25 January 2027
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 21:02 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
05:19 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:01 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 15:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:56 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:30 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:24
- Karana Bava until 15:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:24 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:24 – 21:48
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. 03:56 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:19 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:01 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:32 Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:53 Capricorn
- 06:53 – 09:11 Aquarius
- 09:11 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 21:20 Leo
- 21:20 – 22:44 Virgo
- 22:44 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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