Durban panchang, 14 May 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 13:26 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
06:33 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:50
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:10 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:09
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:09, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 09:12
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. 04:46 – 05:40
- 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 17:10 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:12 – 06:34 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:12 – 06:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:12 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 09:00 Taurus
- 09:00 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 12:45 Cancer
- 12:45 – 14:11 Leo
- 14:11 – 15:35 Virgo
- 15:35 – 17:09 Libra
- 17:09 – 19:04 Scorpio
- 19:04 – 21:19 Sagittarius
- 21:19 – 23:40 Capricorn
- 23:40 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 06:34 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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