Durban panchang, 27 July 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 15:21 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:12
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:45
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:58 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:25
- Karana Taitila until 12:45, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:35 – 19:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:25 – 20:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:58 – 06:44 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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:19 | Good |
| Char | 17:19 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:12 Gemini
- 06:12 – 07:53 Cancer
- 07:53 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 10:43 Virgo
- 10:43 – 12:17 Libra
- 12:17 – 14:12 Scorpio
- 14:12 – 16:27 Sagittarius
- 16:27 – 18:48 Capricorn
- 18:48 – 21:07 Aquarius
- 21:07 – 23:25 Pisces
- 23:25 – 01:45 next day Aries
- 01:45 – 04:04 next day Taurus
- 04:04 – 06:08 next day Gemini
- 06:08 – 06:44 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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