Durban panchang, 4 May 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 04:14 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
06:27 to 17:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 15:56
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:17 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:45 Moon enters Aries
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:44
- Karana Vanija until 16:01, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:45 Moon enters Aries
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:01 – 23:45
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. 04:42 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 16:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 23:45 – 06:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:45 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:48 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Char | 09:09 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 15:56 | Good |
| Rog | 15:56 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 17:48 Libra
- 17:48 – 19:43 Scorpio
- 19:43 – 21:58 Sagittarius
- 21:58 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:28 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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