Durban panchang, 28 October 2027
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 03:57 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
05:06 to 18:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:06 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:36
- 06:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Moon enters Libra
- 23:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:06 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:31
- Karana Vishti until 06:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:29 Moon enters Libra
- 23:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:36
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. 03:39 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:18 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:38 Virgo
- 04:38 – 06:13 Libra
- 06:13 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:23 Sagittarius
- 10:23 – 12:44 Capricorn
- 12:44 – 15:02 Aquarius
- 15:02 – 17:20 Pisces
- 17:20 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 03:11 next day Leo
- 03:11 – 04:35 next day Virgo
- 04:35 – 05:05 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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