Durban panchang, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 17:05 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 10:05 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:37 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:57 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:18 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:57 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:02, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:57 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 06:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:05 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 07:18 Leo
- 07:18 – 08:41 Virgo
- 08:41 – 10:15 Libra
- 10:15 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:25 Sagittarius
- 14:25 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 21:23 Pisces
- 21:23 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 02:03 next day Taurus
- 02:03 – 04:06 next day Gemini
- 04:06 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 06:16 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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