Durban panchang, 17 June 2027
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 15:38 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:00
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:05 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:26 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:24, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:00
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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 18:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 18:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:05 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:47 Taurus
- 06:47 – 08:50 Gemini
- 08:50 – 10:32 Cancer
- 10:32 – 11:58 Leo
- 11:58 – 13:21 Virgo
- 13:21 – 14:55 Libra
- 14:55 – 16:50 Scorpio
- 16:50 – 19:05 Sagittarius
- 19:05 – 21:27 Capricorn
- 21:27 – 23:45 Aquarius
- 23:45 – 02:03 next day Pisces
- 02:03 – 04:24 next day Aries
- 04:24 – 06:43 next day Taurus
- 06:43 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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