Durban panchang, 2 April 2027
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 01:42 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
06:07 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:22
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:50 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:22
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 06:11
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:03 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:22
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 08:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 23:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:48 Aquarius
- 04:48 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:46 Taurus
- 11:46 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 15:30 Cancer
- 15:30 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 21:49 Scorpio
- 21:49 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:08 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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