Durban panchang, 23 July 2027
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 21:41 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
06:47 to 17:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:58
- 15:49 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:17 to 06:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:11 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:33
- Karana Kaulava until 16:22, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:49 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:33 – 18:57
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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:11 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:47 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:17 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:47 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
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:29 Gemini
- 06:29 – 08:10 Cancer
- 08:10 – 09:36 Leo
- 09:36 – 11:00 Virgo
- 11:00 – 12:34 Libra
- 12:34 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 21:24 Aquarius
- 21:24 – 23:41 Pisces
- 23:41 – 02:02 next day Aries
- 02:02 – 04:21 next day Taurus
- 04:21 – 06:25 next day Gemini
- 06:25 – 06:47 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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