Durban panchang, 16 May 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 14:28 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:09
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:43
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 23:12
- Karana Vishti until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:09
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 – 05:41
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 08:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 08:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:05 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:05 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:35 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 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 12:37 Cancer
- 12:37 – 14:04 Leo
- 14:04 – 15:27 Virgo
- 15:27 – 17:01 Libra
- 17:01 – 18:56 Scorpio
- 18:56 – 21:11 Sagittarius
- 21:11 – 23:33 Capricorn
- 23:33 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 06:29 next day Aries
- 06:29 – 06:35 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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