Durban panchang, 15 March 2027
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 12:58 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
05:56 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:45
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:21 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:12 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:21
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:43 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 11:07
- Karana Vanija until 07:21, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:45
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 04:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 04:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:43 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:56 Taurus
- 12:56 – 15:00 Gemini
- 15:00 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 05:57 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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