Durban panchang, 19 April 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 16:27 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
06:18 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:16
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:14
- Karana Gara until 13:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:10 – 06:18 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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 01:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 08:19 Aries
- 08:19 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 20:42 Scorpio
- 20:42 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 01:19 next day Capricorn
- 01:19 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:18 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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