Durban panchang, 28 March 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 22:00 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
06:04 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:56
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:56 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 11:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:37 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:12 – 02:37 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 21:02
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. 04:27 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 21:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:02 – 06:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:02 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:08 Aquarius
- 05:08 – 07:25 Pisces
- 07:25 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 05:04 next day Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:05 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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