Durban panchang, 15 September 2027
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 17:31 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
05:55 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:20
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:47 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:03 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 06:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:18 – 12:14
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:42 – 07:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
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. 04:18 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 08:03
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:38 Cancer
- 04:38 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 07:28 Virgo
- 07:28 – 09:02 Libra
- 09:02 – 10:57 Scorpio
- 10:57 – 13:12 Sagittarius
- 13:12 – 15:33 Capricorn
- 15:33 – 17:51 Aquarius
- 17:51 – 20:09 Pisces
- 20:09 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:49 next day Taurus
- 00:49 – 02:53 next day Gemini
- 02:53 – 04:34 next day Cancer
- 04:34 – 05:54 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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