Durban panchang, 18 June 2027
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 16:28 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:46
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:10 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:10 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 02:48 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:51, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:10 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:10 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:51 – 20:10
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. 05:00 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:44 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:51 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:43 Taurus
- 06:43 – 08:46 Gemini
- 08:46 – 10:28 Cancer
- 10:28 – 11:54 Leo
- 11:54 – 13:17 Virgo
- 13:17 – 14:52 Libra
- 14:52 – 16:47 Scorpio
- 16:47 – 19:01 Sagittarius
- 19:01 – 21:23 Capricorn
- 21:23 – 23:41 Aquarius
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Pisces
- 01:59 – 04:20 next day Aries
- 04:20 – 06:39 next day Taurus
- 06:39 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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