Durban panchang, 10 October 2027
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 13:34 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
05:25 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 18:01
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:01 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:26 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:24
- Karana Gara until 08:11, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:26 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:24 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 10:39 next day
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. 03:53 – 04:39
- 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 18:01 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 09:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:01 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:23 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
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:26 Leo
- 04:26 – 05:49 Virgo
- 05:49 – 07:23 Libra
- 07:23 – 09:18 Scorpio
- 09:18 – 11:33 Sagittarius
- 11:33 – 13:55 Capricorn
- 13:55 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 18:31 Pisces
- 18:31 – 20:51 Aries
- 20:51 – 23:11 Taurus
- 23:11 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 02:56 next day Cancer
- 02:56 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 05:23 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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