Durban panchang, 28 January 2027
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 22:37 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
05:21 to 18:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:21 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:12
- 08:38 Moon enters Libra
- 12:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:55 to 05:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:28
- Karana Vishti until 12:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:38 Moon enters Libra
- 12:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:47
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:28 – 15:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 03:53 – 05:22 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. 03:58 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 21:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:21 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:03 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:20 Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:41 Capricorn
- 06:41 – 09:00 Aquarius
- 09:00 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 21:08 Leo
- 21:08 – 22:32 Virgo
- 22:32 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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