Durban panchang, 6 August 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 09:02 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
06:38 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:04
- 09:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:25 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 20:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:55 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 21:21
- Karana Bava until 09:50, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:04
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. 04:52 – 05:45
- 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 17:25 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:53 – 06:37 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:55 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:34 Gemini
- 05:34 – 07:15 Cancer
- 07:15 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 11:39 Libra
- 11:39 – 13:34 Scorpio
- 13:34 – 15:49 Sagittarius
- 15:49 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 20:29 Aquarius
- 20:29 – 22:46 Pisces
- 22:46 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:26 next day Taurus
- 03:26 – 05:30 next day Gemini
- 05:30 – 06:37 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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