Durban panchang, 17 May 2027
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 15:00 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
06:35 to 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:02
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Moon enters Libra
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:58
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:40
- Karana Balava until 12:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:03 Moon enters Libra
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:40 – 20:25 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:59 – 06:36 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. 04:48 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 15:23 Virgo
- 15:23 – 16:57 Libra
- 16:57 – 18:52 Scorpio
- 18:52 – 21:07 Sagittarius
- 21:07 – 23:29 Capricorn
- 23:29 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 06:25 next day Aries
- 06:25 – 06:36 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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