Durban panchang, 25 February 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 21:09 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 18:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:59
- 06:03 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:48
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:34
- Karana Taitila until 16:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:03 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:34 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:59
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. 04:15 – 05:00
- 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 18:32 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 16:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:51 Capricorn
- 04:51 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:48 Aries
- 11:48 – 14:07 Taurus
- 14:07 – 16:11 Gemini
- 16:11 – 17:52 Cancer
- 17:52 – 19:18 Leo
- 19:18 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 04:47 next day Capricorn
- 04:47 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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