Durban panchang, 8 February 2027
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:56 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:08
- 08:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:48 to 05:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:36
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 22:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 18:21
- Karana Balava until 08:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:11 – 06:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:08
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. 04:05 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 08:16 Aquarius
- 08:16 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:18 Gemini
- 17:18 – 18:59 Cancer
- 18:59 – 20:25 Leo
- 20:25 – 21:49 Virgo
- 21:49 – 23:23 Libra
- 23:23 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:33 next day Sagittarius
- 03:33 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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