Durban panchang, 4 August 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 07:55 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:24 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:39 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:06 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 06:57
- Karana Taitila until 15:11, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:57 – 17:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:42 Gemini
- 05:42 – 07:23 Cancer
- 07:23 – 08:49 Leo
- 08:49 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 11:47 Libra
- 11:47 – 13:42 Scorpio
- 13:42 – 15:57 Sagittarius
- 15:57 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 20:37 Aquarius
- 20:37 – 22:54 Pisces
- 22:54 – 01:15 next day Aries
- 01:15 – 03:34 next day Taurus
- 03:34 – 05:38 next day Gemini
- 05:38 – 06:39 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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