Durban panchang, 5 July 2027
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 08:03 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:04
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:44
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:04 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:46
- Karana Balava until 11:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:45 – 04:57 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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- 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 06:53 – 03:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:04 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:36 Taurus
- 05:36 – 07:40 Gemini
- 07:40 – 09:21 Cancer
- 09:21 – 10:47 Leo
- 10:47 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 13:45 Libra
- 13:45 – 15:40 Scorpio
- 15:40 – 17:55 Sagittarius
- 17:55 – 20:16 Capricorn
- 20:16 – 22:35 Aquarius
- 22:35 – 00:52 next day Pisces
- 00:52 – 03:13 next day Aries
- 03:13 – 05:32 next day Taurus
- 05:32 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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