Durban panchang, 24 February 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 20:34 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
05:44 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:45
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:00 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:33 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:10
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 20:57
- Karana Balava until 17:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:00 Moon enters Libra
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:45
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:33 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 06:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:55 Capricorn
- 04:55 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 09:31 Pisces
- 09:31 – 11:52 Aries
- 11:52 – 14:11 Taurus
- 14:11 – 16:15 Gemini
- 16:15 – 17:56 Cancer
- 17:56 – 19:22 Leo
- 19:22 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 04:51 next day Capricorn
- 04:51 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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