Durban panchang, 17 July 2027
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 16:12 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
06:50 to 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:37
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 15:18
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:48 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 10:53
- Karana Vanija until 15:18, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:53 – 11:51 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:37
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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 15:18
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:52 Gemini
- 06:52 – 08:34 Cancer
- 08:34 – 10:00 Leo
- 10:00 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 12:58 Libra
- 12:58 – 14:53 Scorpio
- 14:53 – 17:07 Sagittarius
- 17:07 – 19:29 Capricorn
- 19:29 – 21:47 Aquarius
- 21:47 – 00:05 next day Pisces
- 00:05 – 02:26 next day Aries
- 02:26 – 04:45 next day Taurus
- 04:45 – 06:48 next day Gemini
- 06:48 – 06:50 next day Cancer
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