Durban panchang, 14 October 2027
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 17:13 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
05:20 to 18:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:34 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 15:19
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:46
- Karana Vanija until 15:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:34 – 10:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:19 – 03:37 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. 03:50 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 19:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:19 – 05:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:00 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:31 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:10 Leo
- 04:10 – 05:34 Virgo
- 05:34 – 07:08 Libra
- 07:08 – 09:03 Scorpio
- 09:03 – 11:18 Sagittarius
- 11:18 – 13:39 Capricorn
- 13:39 – 15:57 Aquarius
- 15:57 – 18:15 Pisces
- 18:15 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:55 Taurus
- 22:55 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 02:40 next day Cancer
- 02:40 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 05:19 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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