Durban panchang, 24 May 2027
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 20:26 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
06:39 to 17:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:29
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 20:24
- Karana Balava until 19:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:39 – 18:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:38 – 06:40 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. 04:51 – 05:45
- 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 17:05 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:39 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:05 | Good |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 13:32 Leo
- 13:32 – 14:56 Virgo
- 14:56 – 16:30 Libra
- 16:30 – 18:25 Scorpio
- 18:25 – 20:40 Sagittarius
- 20:40 – 23:01 Capricorn
- 23:01 – 01:20 next day Aquarius
- 01:20 – 03:37 next day Pisces
- 03:37 – 05:58 next day Aries
- 05:58 – 06:40 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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