Durban panchang, 26 January 2027
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 21:33 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
05:20 to 18:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:14
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:56 to 05:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 01:03 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 13:41, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
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. 03:57 – 04:38
- 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
| Rog | 05:20 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:28 Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:49 Capricorn
- 06:49 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 21:16 Leo
- 21:16 – 22:40 Virgo
- 22:40 – 00:14 next day Libra
- 00:14 – 02:09 next day Scorpio
- 02:09 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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