Durban panchang, 27 July 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 00:34 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
06:45 to 17:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:45 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:17 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 14:23
- Karana Taitila until 18:20, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:23 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
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 – 05:51
- 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 17:19 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:17 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:13 Gemini
- 06:13 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 09:20 Leo
- 09:20 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:49 Capricorn
- 18:49 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 23:26 Pisces
- 23:26 – 01:46 next day Aries
- 01:46 – 04:06 next day Taurus
- 04:06 – 06:09 next day Gemini
- 06:09 – 06:45 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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