Durban panchang, 2 August 2027
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 06:37 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
06:41 to 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:14
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:22 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:02
- Karana Naga until 12:05, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:12 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:02 – 10:54 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. 04:55 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 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 06:41 – 13:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:50 Gemini
- 05:50 – 07:31 Cancer
- 07:31 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 10:21 Virgo
- 10:21 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 20:44 Aquarius
- 20:44 – 23:02 Pisces
- 23:02 – 01:23 next day Aries
- 01:23 – 03:42 next day Taurus
- 03:42 – 05:46 next day Gemini
- 05:46 – 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