Durban panchang, 27 January 2028
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 05:53 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:12
- 06:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:55 to 05:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:49 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:49
- Nakshatra Shravana until 16:19 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:52
- Karana Kimstughna until 06:29, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:49 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:52 – 11:50 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:12
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:25 Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 06:46 Capricorn
- 06:46 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 21:13 Leo
- 21:13 – 22:37 Virgo
- 22:37 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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