Durban panchang, 11 October 2027
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:28 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
05:23 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:30
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:01 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:39
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 12:16
- Karana Vishti until 10:39, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:45 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:16 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:54 – 00:09 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. 03:52 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 12:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:22 Leo
- 04:22 – 05:45 Virgo
- 05:45 – 07:19 Libra
- 07:19 – 09:14 Scorpio
- 09:14 – 11:29 Sagittarius
- 11:29 – 13:51 Capricorn
- 13:51 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 18:27 Pisces
- 18:27 – 20:48 Aries
- 20:48 – 23:07 Taurus
- 23:07 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 02:52 next day Cancer
- 02:52 – 04:18 next day Leo
- 04:18 – 05:22 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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