Durban panchang, 18 November 2027
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 22:59 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
04:51 to 18:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:51 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:46
- 09:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:30 to 04:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 00:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:01, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:46
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. 03:28 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:51 – 22:22
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:51 – 22:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:51 – 19:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:22 – 04:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:22 – 04:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:22 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:51 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
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 13:40 Aquarius
- 13:40 – 15:57 Pisces
- 15:57 – 18:18 Aries
- 18:18 – 20:37 Taurus
- 20:37 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:22 next day Cancer
- 00:22 – 01:48 next day Leo
- 01:48 – 03:12 next day Virgo
- 03:12 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method