Durban panchang, 18 February 2027
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 16:59 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
05:39 to 18:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:39 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:03
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:22 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 10:58
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:20
- Karana Balava until 10:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:03
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 17:36
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 17:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:36 – 05:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:36 – 05:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:36 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:19 Capricorn
- 05:19 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 09:55 Pisces
- 09:55 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:38 Gemini
- 16:38 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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