Durban panchang, 20 February 2027
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 18:22 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
05:41 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:23
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:37 Moon enters Leo
- 14:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:37 to 05:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:38
- Karana Vishti until 14:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:37 Moon enters Leo
- 14:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:30 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:38 – 14:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:37 – 14:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:23
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. 04:12 – 04:56
- 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 18:37 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 12:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:11 Capricorn
- 05:11 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 09:47 Pisces
- 09:47 – 12:08 Aries
- 12:08 – 14:27 Taurus
- 14:27 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:12 Cancer
- 18:12 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 22:36 Libra
- 22:36 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 05:07 next day Capricorn
- 05:07 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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