Durban panchang, 18 October 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 21:21 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
05:16 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:32
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:22
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:48
- Karana Vishti until 14:22, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:48 – 05:47 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:32
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. 03:46 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:54 Leo
- 03:54 – 05:18 Virgo
- 05:18 – 06:52 Libra
- 06:52 – 08:47 Scorpio
- 08:47 – 11:02 Sagittarius
- 11:02 – 13:23 Capricorn
- 13:23 – 15:42 Aquarius
- 15:42 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:39 Taurus
- 22:39 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 03:50 next day Leo
- 03:50 – 05:14 next day Virgo
- 05:14 – 05:15 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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