Durban panchang, 26 July 2027
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 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
06:46 to 17:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:12
- 06:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 06:55
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:46
- Karana Bava until 06:55, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:46 – 17:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:49 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:47 – 04:50 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- 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 17:18 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:17 Gemini
- 06:17 – 07:58 Cancer
- 07:58 – 09:24 Leo
- 09:24 – 10:48 Virgo
- 10:48 – 12:22 Libra
- 12:22 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:53 Capricorn
- 18:53 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 23:30 Pisces
- 23:30 – 01:50 next day Aries
- 01:50 – 04:09 next day Taurus
- 04:09 – 06:13 next day Gemini
- 06:13 – 06:45 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