Durban panchang, 24 October 2027
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 01:40 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
05:10 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:10
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:11 Moon enters Leo
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:10 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 14:17
- Karana Vanija until 15:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:11 Moon enters Leo
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:18 – 02:10 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:25 – 16:22
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:47 – 08:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:54 Virgo
- 04:54 – 06:28 Libra
- 06:28 – 08:23 Scorpio
- 08:23 – 10:38 Sagittarius
- 10:38 – 13:00 Capricorn
- 13:00 – 15:18 Aquarius
- 15:18 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:56 Aries
- 19:56 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:19 next day Gemini
- 00:19 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 03:27 next day Leo
- 03:27 – 04:50 next day Virgo
- 04:50 – 05:09 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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