Durban panchang, 15 October 2027
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 18:12 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
05:19 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:28
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:04 to 05:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:59 Moon enters Aries
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:05
- Karana Bava until 15:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:59 Moon enters Aries
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:28
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. 03:49 – 04:34
- 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 18:04 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:19 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:47 – 05:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:59 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:06 Leo
- 04:06 – 05:30 Virgo
- 05:30 – 07:04 Libra
- 07:04 – 08:59 Scorpio
- 08:59 – 11:14 Sagittarius
- 11:14 – 13:35 Capricorn
- 13:35 – 15:54 Aquarius
- 15:54 – 18:11 Pisces
- 18:11 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:51 Taurus
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Gemini
- 00:55 – 02:36 next day Cancer
- 02:36 – 04:02 next day Leo
- 04:02 – 05:18 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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