Durban panchang, 9 February 2027
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 07:52 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
05:32 to 18:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 17:07
- 10:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:47 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:47 to 05:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:50
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 18:13
- Karana Taitila until 10:17, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:47 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 00:10 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. 04:06 – 04:49
- 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 18:47 – 20:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:32 – 22:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:10 – 05:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:10 – 05:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:10 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 08:12 Aquarius
- 08:12 – 10:30 Pisces
- 10:30 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:14 Gemini
- 17:14 – 18:55 Cancer
- 18:55 – 20:21 Leo
- 20:21 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:29 next day Sagittarius
- 03:29 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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