Durban panchang, 29 July 2027
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 02:45 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
06:44 to 17:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:13
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:58 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:50
- Karana Bava until 14:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 23:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:58 – 06:43 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. 04:57 – 05:50
- 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 17:20 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:05 Gemini
- 06:05 – 07:46 Cancer
- 07:46 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:05 Scorpio
- 14:05 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 21:00 Aquarius
- 21:00 – 23:18 Pisces
- 23:18 – 01:38 next day Aries
- 01:38 – 03:58 next day Taurus
- 03:58 – 06:01 next day Gemini
- 06:01 – 06:43 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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