Durban panchang, 19 March 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 16:16 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
05:59 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:36
- 09:04 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:07 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:01 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:47
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:49
- Karana Bava until 09:04, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:01 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 22:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:01 – 06:00 next day
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. 04:24 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:43 Aquarius
- 05:43 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 10:21 Aries
- 10:21 – 12:41 Taurus
- 12:41 – 14:44 Gemini
- 14:44 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
- 05:39 – 06:00 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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