Durban panchang, 15 November 2027
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:13 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
04:53 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:35 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:44
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 04:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:12 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:30 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 11:51
- Karana Taitila until 15:07, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:44
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. 03:29 – 04:11
- 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 18:27 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 02:30 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:30 – 04:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:30 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:02 Libra
- 05:02 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 13:52 Aquarius
- 13:52 – 16:09 Pisces
- 16:09 – 18:30 Aries
- 18:30 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 00:34 next day Cancer
- 00:34 – 02:00 next day Leo
- 02:00 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 04:52 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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