Durban panchang, 26 February 2027
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 21:47 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
05:45 to 18:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:55
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:31 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:44 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:49
- Karana Vanija until 17:13, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:44 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:49 – 22:25
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 18:31 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 17:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:47 Capricorn
- 04:47 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 09:23 Pisces
- 09:23 – 11:44 Aries
- 11:44 – 14:03 Taurus
- 14:03 – 16:07 Gemini
- 16:07 – 17:48 Cancer
- 17:48 – 19:14 Leo
- 19:14 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:12 Libra
- 22:12 – 00:07 next day Scorpio
- 00:07 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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