Durban panchang, 19 October 2027
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 22:23 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
05:15 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:30
- 05:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:07 to 05:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 13:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 19:45 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:47
- Karana Balava until 13:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:35 – 14:24 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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:50 Leo
- 03:50 – 05:14 Virgo
- 05:14 – 06:48 Libra
- 06:48 – 08:43 Scorpio
- 08:43 – 10:58 Sagittarius
- 10:58 – 13:19 Capricorn
- 13:19 – 15:38 Aquarius
- 15:38 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:35 Taurus
- 22:35 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 02:20 next day Cancer
- 02:20 – 03:46 next day Leo
- 03:46 – 05:10 next day Virgo
- 05:10 – 05:14 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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