Durban panchang, 22 April 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 18:16 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
06:19 to 17:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:14
- 11:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:28 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:07 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:27
- Karana Taitila until 11:59, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:27 – 10:43 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:14
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:02 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:43 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 18:36 Libra
- 18:36 – 20:31 Scorpio
- 20:31 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:20 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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