Durban panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 17:25 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 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:05
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:05 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 14:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 13:28
- Karana Vanija until 14:52, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:28 – 15:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:52 – 00:14 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:28 – 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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 18:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:37 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 06:01 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 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:33 Taurus
- 12:33 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:18 Cancer
- 16:18 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:07 Virgo
- 19:07 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 03:13 next day Capricorn
- 03:13 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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