Durban panchang, 20 May 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 16:55 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
06:37 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 09:51 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:07 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 18:56
- Karana Bava until 12:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:51 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:30 – 07:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- 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 17:07 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 12:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:51 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:40 Gemini
- 10:40 – 12:22 Cancer
- 12:22 – 13:48 Leo
- 13:48 – 15:11 Virgo
- 15:11 – 16:46 Libra
- 16:46 – 18:41 Scorpio
- 18:41 – 20:55 Sagittarius
- 20:55 – 23:17 Capricorn
- 23:17 – 01:35 next day Aquarius
- 01:35 – 03:53 next day Pisces
- 03:53 – 06:14 next day Aries
- 06:14 – 06:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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