Durban panchang, 14 April 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 13:35 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
06:15 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:21
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:54
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 07:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:40
- Karana Bava until 11:54, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:53 – 06:53 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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 11:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:58 Taurus
- 10:58 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:07 Libra
- 19:07 – 21:02 Scorpio
- 21:02 – 23:17 Sagittarius
- 23:17 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 06:15 next day Pisces
- 06:15 – 06:15 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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