Durban panchang, 4 October 2027
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 08:07 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:05 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:11 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:28
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:57 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:06
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 08:55
- Karana Bava until 09:56, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:28
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. 03:59 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 21:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:14 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:49 Leo
- 04:49 – 06:13 Virgo
- 06:13 – 07:47 Libra
- 07:47 – 09:42 Scorpio
- 09:42 – 11:57 Sagittarius
- 11:57 – 14:18 Capricorn
- 14:18 – 16:37 Aquarius
- 16:37 – 18:54 Pisces
- 18:54 – 21:15 Aries
- 21:15 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:38 next day Gemini
- 01:38 – 03:19 next day Cancer
- 03:19 – 04:45 next day Leo
- 04:45 – 05:31 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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