Durban panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:22 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
05:14 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- 07:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:07 to 05:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 11:48
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 19:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:00 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:46 Leo
- 03:46 – 05:10 Virgo
- 05:10 – 06:44 Libra
- 06:44 – 08:39 Scorpio
- 08:39 – 10:54 Sagittarius
- 10:54 – 13:15 Capricorn
- 13:15 – 15:34 Aquarius
- 15:34 – 17:51 Pisces
- 17:51 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:31 Taurus
- 22:31 – 00:35 next day Gemini
- 00:35 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 03:42 next day Leo
- 03:42 – 05:06 next day Virgo
- 05:06 – 05:13 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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