Durban panchang, 31 December 2027
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 08:00 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:58 to 18:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:13
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:25 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 06:14
- Karana Vanija until 18:03, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:10 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:14 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:10 – 07:25 next day
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:58 – 09:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:36 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:58 – 06:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
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
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:56 Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:11 Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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