Durban panchang, 15 May 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 13:57 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
06:34 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:31
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:09 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:48
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 01:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:01 – 02:13 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:30 – 06:34 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. 04:47 – 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 17:09 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 12:41 Cancer
- 12:41 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 15:31 Virgo
- 15:31 – 17:05 Libra
- 17:05 – 19:00 Scorpio
- 19:00 – 21:15 Sagittarius
- 21:15 – 23:36 Capricorn
- 23:36 – 01:55 next day Aquarius
- 01:55 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 06:33 next day Aries
- 06:33 – 06:34 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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