Durban panchang, 1 August 2027
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 05:49 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
06:42 to 17:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:22
- 11:18 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:22 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 19:13
- Karana Shakuni until 15:50, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:18 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:22
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- 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 17:22 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:35 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:53 Gemini
- 05:53 – 07:35 Cancer
- 07:35 – 09:01 Leo
- 09:01 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 11:59 Libra
- 11:59 – 13:54 Scorpio
- 13:54 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 20:48 Aquarius
- 20:48 – 23:06 Pisces
- 23:06 – 01:27 next day Aries
- 01:27 – 03:46 next day Taurus
- 03:46 – 05:50 next day Gemini
- 05:50 – 06:41 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