Durban panchang, 4 July 2027
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 07:11 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
06:53 to 17:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:07
- 08:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:12 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:52
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:32 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:52 – 15:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:07
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:40 Taurus
- 05:40 – 07:44 Gemini
- 07:44 – 09:25 Cancer
- 09:25 – 10:51 Leo
- 10:51 – 12:15 Virgo
- 12:15 – 13:49 Libra
- 13:49 – 15:44 Scorpio
- 15:44 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 22:38 Aquarius
- 22:38 – 00:56 next day Pisces
- 00:56 – 03:17 next day Aries
- 03:17 – 05:36 next day Taurus
- 05:36 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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