Durban panchang, 20 November 2027
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:32 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 18:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:51 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 04:51 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:06
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:37 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:37 Moon enters Leo
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 15:47
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 18:42
- Karana Bava until 15:47, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:37 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:37 Moon enters Leo
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:51 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:06
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:32 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:50 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 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:42 Libra
- 04:42 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 13:32 Aquarius
- 13:32 – 15:50 Pisces
- 15:50 – 18:10 Aries
- 18:10 – 20:29 Taurus
- 20:29 – 22:33 Gemini
- 22:33 – 00:14 next day Cancer
- 00:14 – 01:40 next day Leo
- 01:40 – 03:04 next day Virgo
- 03:04 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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