Durban panchang, 17 September 2027
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 19:22 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
05:53 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:18
- 05:57 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:48 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 05:57
- Karana Taitila until 14:51, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:57 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:18
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. 04:16 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:59 – 05:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:59 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:53 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:51 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
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:30 Cancer
- 04:30 – 05:56 Leo
- 05:56 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 08:54 Libra
- 08:54 – 10:49 Scorpio
- 10:49 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 15:25 Capricorn
- 15:25 – 17:44 Aquarius
- 17:44 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 22:22 Aries
- 22:22 – 00:41 next day Taurus
- 00:41 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 05:51 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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