Durban panchang, 22 February 2027
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 19:29 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
05:42 to 18:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:01
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:00 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:09
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:30 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:17, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:00 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:30 – 03:30 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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:35 | Good |
| Char | 18:35 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:03 Capricorn
- 05:03 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 12:00 Aries
- 12:00 – 14:19 Taurus
- 14:19 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:04 Cancer
- 18:04 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 20:54 Virgo
- 20:54 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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