Durban panchang, 20 March 2027
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 16:52 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
06:00 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:04
- 06:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:15
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:35
- Karana Kaulava until 06:31, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:35 – 18:35
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. 04:25 – 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 18:06 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:15 – 06:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:14 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:39 Aquarius
- 05:39 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 10:17 Aries
- 10:17 – 12:37 Taurus
- 12:37 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 16:22 Cancer
- 16:22 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 22:40 Scorpio
- 22:40 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 03:17 next day Capricorn
- 03:17 – 05:35 next day Aquarius
- 05:35 – 06:00 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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