Durban panchang, 12 November 2027
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 16:59 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
04:54 to 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:44
- 06:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:25 to 04:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 04:40 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:51, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 16:28 next day
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. 03:30 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:54 – 04:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:54 – 04:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:54 – 06:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
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
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:40 Virgo
- 03:40 – 05:14 Libra
- 05:14 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:45 Capricorn
- 11:45 – 14:03 Aquarius
- 14:03 – 16:21 Pisces
- 16:21 – 18:42 Aries
- 18:42 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 00:46 next day Cancer
- 00:46 – 02:12 next day Leo
- 02:12 – 03:36 next day Virgo
- 03:36 – 04:54 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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