Durban panchang, 3 April 2027
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 02:38 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
06:08 to 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:54
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:57 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:40
- Karana Kaulava until 12:14, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:10 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:05 – 06:09 next day
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. 04:30 – 05:19
- 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 17:49 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:44 Aquarius
- 04:44 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 21:45 Scorpio
- 21:45 – 00:00 next day Sagittarius
- 00:00 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 06:09 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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