Durban panchang, 6 December 2027
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 11:55 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:48 to 18:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:33 – 08:17
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:57
- 07:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:45 to 04:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:30
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 03:17 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:22, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:07 – 07:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 03:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:57
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 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:17 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:45 | Good |
| Char | 18:45 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 03:39 Libra
- 03:39 – 05:34 Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 14:47 Pisces
- 14:47 – 17:07 Aries
- 17:07 – 19:27 Taurus
- 19:27 – 21:30 Gemini
- 21:30 – 23:11 Cancer
- 23:11 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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