Durban panchang, 8 November 2027
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 13:12 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
04:57 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:38 – 08:18
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:41
- 15:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 04:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:05 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 23:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:02
- Karana Taitila until 15:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:02 – 23:38
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. 03:32 – 04:15
- 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 18:22 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:57 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:55 Virgo
- 03:55 – 05:29 Libra
- 05:29 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:39 Sagittarius
- 09:39 – 12:01 Capricorn
- 12:01 – 14:19 Aquarius
- 14:19 – 16:37 Pisces
- 16:37 – 18:57 Aries
- 18:57 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:02 next day Cancer
- 01:02 – 02:28 next day Leo
- 02:28 – 03:51 next day Virgo
- 03:51 – 04:56 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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