Durban panchang, 12 July 2027
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 12:12 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 17:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:07
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:11
- Nakshatra Swati until 20:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 10:02
- Karana Kaulava until 08:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:27 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:23 – 02:30 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. 05:02 – 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 17:11 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:11 | Good |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:08 Taurus
- 05:08 – 07:12 Gemini
- 07:12 – 08:53 Cancer
- 08:53 – 10:19 Leo
- 10:19 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 13:17 Libra
- 13:17 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 22:07 Aquarius
- 22:07 – 00:25 next day Pisces
- 00:25 – 02:45 next day Aries
- 02:45 – 05:04 next day Taurus
- 05:04 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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