Durban panchang, 7 May 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 07:30 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:54
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:44
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:21 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:44, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:21 – 04:45 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. 04:43 – 05:36
- 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 17:15 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 10:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 16:03 Virgo
- 16:03 – 17:37 Libra
- 17:37 – 19:32 Scorpio
- 19:32 – 21:47 Sagittarius
- 21:47 – 00:08 next day Capricorn
- 00:08 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:29 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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