Durban panchang, 1 November 2027
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:46 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:42 – 08:21
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:37
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:16 to 05:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:24
- Karana Gara until 13:46, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:24 – 18:48
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. 03:36 – 04:19
- 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 18:16 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 06:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:23 Virgo
- 04:23 – 05:57 Libra
- 05:57 – 07:52 Scorpio
- 07:52 – 10:07 Sagittarius
- 10:07 – 12:28 Capricorn
- 12:28 – 14:47 Aquarius
- 14:47 – 17:04 Pisces
- 17:04 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 01:29 next day Cancer
- 01:29 – 02:55 next day Leo
- 02:55 – 04:19 next day Virgo
- 04:19 – 05:02 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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