Durban panchang, 8 May 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 08:39 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 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:33
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:13
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:07
- Karana Kaulava until 08:13, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:33
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 17:14 – 19:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:29 – 18:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 18:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:23 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 14:35 Leo
- 14:35 – 15:59 Virgo
- 15:59 – 17:33 Libra
- 17:33 – 19:28 Scorpio
- 19:28 – 21:43 Sagittarius
- 21:43 – 00:04 next day Capricorn
- 00:04 – 02:23 next day Aquarius
- 02:23 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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