Durban panchang, 5 August 2027
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 08:29 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
06:39 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:15
- 11:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 12:14 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 22:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 04:03 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 00:05 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:14, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 12:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 04:03 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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 04:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:57 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:38 Gemini
- 05:38 – 07:19 Cancer
- 07:19 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 10:09 Virgo
- 10:09 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 13:38 Scorpio
- 13:38 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 18:14 Capricorn
- 18:14 – 20:33 Aquarius
- 20:33 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 01:11 next day Aries
- 01:11 – 03:30 next day Taurus
- 03:30 – 05:34 next day Gemini
- 05:34 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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