Durban panchang, 7 August 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 09:36 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
06:37 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:43
- 08:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:37 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:25 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:31
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:31 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:13
- Karana Kaulava until 08:06, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:37 Moon enters Libra
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 02:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:38 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:37 – 01:39 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. 04:52 – 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 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 02:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:31 – 06:37 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:30 Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:11 Cancer
- 07:11 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 11:35 Libra
- 11:35 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 18:06 Capricorn
- 18:06 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 01:03 next day Aries
- 01:03 – 03:22 next day Taurus
- 03:22 – 05:26 next day Gemini
- 05:26 – 06:37 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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