Durban panchang, 3 February 2027
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 02:16 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
05:27 to 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 08:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:51 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:14
- Karana Taitila until 10:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:41 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:14 – 16:26
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. 04:02 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 10:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:28 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 20:45 Leo
- 20:45 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 01:37 next day Scorpio
- 01:37 – 03:52 next day Sagittarius
- 03:52 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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