Durban panchang, 6 November 2027
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 11:24 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
04:58 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:58 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 04:58 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 15:00
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:20 to 04:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:20
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 18:23
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:58 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:58 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 15:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:45 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:36 – 11:54
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. 03:33 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:58 – 17:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:56 – 23:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:20 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:58 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
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:03 Virgo
- 04:03 – 05:37 Libra
- 05:37 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 14:27 Aquarius
- 14:27 – 16:45 Pisces
- 16:45 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 02:36 next day Leo
- 02:36 – 03:59 next day Virgo
- 03:59 – 04:58 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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