Durban panchang, 9 October 2027
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 12:39 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
05:26 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:52
- 05:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:00 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 05:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:22
- Karana Kaulava until 05:32, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
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. 03:54 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 05:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 05:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:30 Leo
- 04:30 – 05:53 Virgo
- 05:53 – 07:27 Libra
- 07:27 – 09:22 Scorpio
- 09:22 – 11:37 Sagittarius
- 11:37 – 13:59 Capricorn
- 13:59 – 16:17 Aquarius
- 16:17 – 18:35 Pisces
- 18:35 – 20:55 Aries
- 20:55 – 23:15 Taurus
- 23:15 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 04:26 next day Leo
- 04:26 – 05:25 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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