Durban panchang, 11 July 2027
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 11:36 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 17:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:10
- 07:23 Moon enters Libra
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:10 to 06:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 11:06
- Karana Bava until 08:20, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:23 Moon enters Libra
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:10
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:35 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:12 Taurus
- 05:12 – 07:16 Gemini
- 07:16 – 08:57 Cancer
- 08:57 – 10:23 Leo
- 10:23 – 11:47 Virgo
- 11:47 – 13:21 Libra
- 13:21 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:31 Sagittarius
- 17:31 – 19:52 Capricorn
- 19:52 – 22:11 Aquarius
- 22:11 – 00:29 next day Pisces
- 00:29 – 02:49 next day Aries
- 02:49 – 05:08 next day Taurus
- 05:08 – 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