Durban panchang, 18 May 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 15:34 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
06:36 to 17:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:49
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:34
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:25
- Karana Taitila until 12:34, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:25 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
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 – 05:42
- 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 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 12:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:13 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Rog | 15:49 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 12:30 Cancer
- 12:30 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 15:19 Virgo
- 15:19 – 16:53 Libra
- 16:53 – 18:48 Scorpio
- 18:48 – 21:03 Sagittarius
- 21:03 – 23:25 Capricorn
- 23:25 – 01:43 next day Aquarius
- 01:43 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 06:22 next day Aries
- 06:22 – 06:36 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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