Durban panchang, 13 December 2027
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 18:59 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
04:49 to 18:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 16:02
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:44 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:08 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:08
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:44 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:36
- Karana Vishti until 07:20, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:44 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:52 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 16:02
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 11:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:44 – 04:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:44 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 16:40 Aries
- 16:40 – 18:59 Taurus
- 18:59 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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