Durban panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:29 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:24
- 13:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:55 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 00:59 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 14:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:06 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:28, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:55 Moon enters Aries
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:56 – 02:06 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:06 – 03:18 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 14:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:55 – 06:11 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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:59 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 09:07 Aries
- 09:07 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:30 Scorpio
- 21:30 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 06:11 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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