Durban panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 19:04 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
06:02 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:01 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:44
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 04:02 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:44, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:45 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:02 – 09:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:23 Aquarius
- 05:23 – 07:41 Pisces
- 07:41 – 10:02 Aries
- 10:02 – 12:21 Taurus
- 12:21 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 17:32 Leo
- 17:32 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:03 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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