Durban panchang, 5 September 2027
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 08:46 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:41
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:41 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:17 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:47
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:07 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:17 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:07 – 00:18 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:00 – 06:06 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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:00 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 08:07 Virgo
- 08:07 – 09:41 Libra
- 09:41 – 11:36 Scorpio
- 11:36 – 13:51 Sagittarius
- 13:51 – 16:12 Capricorn
- 16:12 – 18:31 Aquarius
- 18:31 – 20:48 Pisces
- 20:48 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 06:06 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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