Durban panchang, 7 July 2027
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 09:25 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
06:52 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:17
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:28
- Karana Vishti until 15:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:43 – 15:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:28 – 17:23 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 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:08 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 22:26
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:52 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:28 Taurus
- 05:28 – 07:32 Gemini
- 07:32 – 09:13 Cancer
- 09:13 – 10:39 Leo
- 10:39 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 13:37 Libra
- 13:37 – 15:32 Scorpio
- 15:32 – 17:47 Sagittarius
- 17:47 – 20:08 Capricorn
- 20:08 – 22:27 Aquarius
- 22:27 – 00:44 next day Pisces
- 00:44 – 03:05 next day Aries
- 03:05 – 05:24 next day Taurus
- 05:24 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method