Durban panchang, 18 September 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 20:20 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
05:51 to 17:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:49
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:17 Moon enters Aries
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:48 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 03:39 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:17 Moon enters Aries
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:49 – 08:25 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:51 – 13:17
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- 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 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:39 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:26 Cancer
- 04:26 – 05:52 Leo
- 05:52 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 08:50 Libra
- 08:50 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 13:00 Sagittarius
- 13:00 – 15:21 Capricorn
- 15:21 – 17:40 Aquarius
- 17:40 – 19:57 Pisces
- 19:57 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 04:22 next day Cancer
- 04:22 – 05:48 next day Leo
- 05:48 – 05:50 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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