Durban panchang, 6 May 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 06:22 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
06:28 to 17:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:10 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:06
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:58 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:16 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:26 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:17
- Karana Naga until 12:58, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:58 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:48 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:26 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:06
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. 04:43 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 12:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:10 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:55 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 16:07 Virgo
- 16:07 – 17:41 Libra
- 17:41 – 19:36 Scorpio
- 19:36 – 21:51 Sagittarius
- 21:51 – 00:12 next day Capricorn
- 00:12 – 02:30 next day Aquarius
- 02:30 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:29 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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