Durban panchang, 9 March 2027
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 06:41 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:46
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:11
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 22:28
- Karana Bava until 12:11, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:46
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 06:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:34 – 17:42
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 05:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 08:40 Pisces
- 08:40 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 13:20 Taurus
- 13:20 – 15:24 Gemini
- 15:24 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:39 next day Sagittarius
- 01:39 – 04:00 next day Capricorn
- 04:00 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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